golf cart

noun

1
: a small cart for wheeling a golf bag around a golf course
2
: a motorized cart for carrying golfers and their equipment over a golf course

called also golf car

Examples of golf cart in a Sentence

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In Rome, my family toured the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel, did a golf cart tour of city highlights, and enjoyed an excellent food tour of the Trastevere neighborhood with Eating Europe. Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025 After talking with the media, Stockton prepared to get on a golf cart to go back to Georgia’s locker room. Seth Emerson, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025 Additionally, Yamaha issued recalls for its Drive 2 golf carts sold between 2021 and 2025 due to the lack of stop lights, which can cause serious injury or death. Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025 Netflix representatives drive me in a golf cart around the sprawling Stranger Things campus. Eliana Dockterman, Time, 16 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for golf cart

Word History

First Known Use

1899, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of golf cart was in 1899

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“Golf cart.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/golf%20cart. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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