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golf club

noun

Definition of golf club

1 : a special long stick with a larger part at the bottom that is used to hit the ball in golf
  • She bought a new set of golf clubs.
2 : an organization whose members play golf
  • He joined a golf club last year.
; also : the golf course where the members of such an organization play
  • I'll meet you at the golf club.

Word by Word Definitions

golf play

  1. : a game in which a player using special clubs attempts to sink a ball with as few strokes as possible into each of the 9 or 18 successive holes on a course

  1. used as a code word for the letter g

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club play

  1. : a heavy usually tapering staff especially of wood wielded as a weapon

  2. : a stick or bat used to hit a ball in any of various games

  3. : something resembling a club

  1. : to beat or strike with or as if with a club

  2. : to gather into a club-shaped mass

  3. : to unite or combine for a common cause

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  1. Spanish Central: Translation of golf club

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