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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The contract would include four golf carts and ultimately cost the city $585,000, according to council's March 18 meeting. Victoria Moorwood, Cincinnati Enquirer, 29 Sep. 2025 At least the captains and vice captains had golf carts. Brody Miller, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025 The museum will not run golf cart shuttles the day of the concert. Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 26 Sep. 2025 Security sweep on course As the Republican candidate stood on the fifth-hole putting green last September, Fercano, the Secret Service agent, was riding a golf cart in a security sweep of the sixth hole and noticed someone hiding behind a chain-link fence in the southeast corner of the course. Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 23 Sep. 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 2 Oct. 2025.

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