golf ball

noun

1

: a small hard dimpled ball used in golf

2

: the spherical printing element of an electric typewriter or printer

Examples of golf ball in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

On Wednesday night, northern and central parts of the state saw hail the size of golf balls that pummeled people’s roofs, shattered windows and dented cars, along with damaging wind gusts. — Wufei Yu, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026

Hail the size of golf balls and damaging wind gusts pounded northern and central Arizona in a rare storm blowing through, bringing with it tornado risks and possible flash floods. — ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026

The urban details would be faithfully rendered to the last golf ball or egg—each reduced to approximately the bulk of a hemoglobin molecule, or the distance grown by a human fingernail every five seconds. — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026

They could then even be used with biodegradable lobster-shell golf balls, which were previously developed at the University of Maine. — Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 16 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1545, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for golf ball

• aldol
• armhole
• atoll
• awol
• backhaul
• banal
• baseball
• befall
• cabal
• catchall
• cecal
• centrale