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⛳ A golf pole 🚩 A marking pole
flagstick

flagstick

1 5.1
A pole with a flag that marks the hole on a golf green
  • noun
  • /ˈflæɡˌstɪk/
  • Specialized
translation icon : bandera
  • hit the flagstick
  • short of the flagstick
  • right of the flagstick

Examples

  • Kimball picked up the flagstick lying behind the hole.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • The ball tracks around the edge of the green, funnels toward the flagstick and rolls into the cup.

  • His caddie, Steve Hale, swung the flagstick around like a baseball bat until Mickelson's caddie reminded him to put it in the hole for Donald to play a bunker shot.

    Blog text (7)

  • When you line up your shot, make sure to focus on the flagstick at the center of the green.

  • The golfer aimed carefully, trying to land the ball near the flagstick to make an easy putt.

  • On the final hole, he hit his approach shot and watched as it rolled close to the flagstick.

Synonyms

pin
vsflagstick
18 5.6

A thin pole with a flag that marks the hole on a green

is the general term for that pole used across the golf course

How Visible

flagpole
12 1.4
flagstick
  • Specialized
1 5.1
marker
86 1.0

Surface Forms

flagstick singular
flagsticks plural

Morphology

flagstick = flag + stick (transparent) = flag + stick

Direct compound of 'flag' + 'stick'; the meaning is clearly the pole (stick) with a flag attached, which learners can derive from the components.

Etymology

Flagstick comes from the simple words flag 'a small piece of cloth used as a sign' and stick 'a thin pole'. On a golf green the flagstick is the 'flag on a stick' that marks the hole, so golfers aim at it.