golf club
34
1.9
- noun
- /ɡɔlf klʌb/
:
palo de golf
- Your golf clubs are in my car.
- swing a golf club
- set of golf clubs
- bag of golf clubs
So I had a Golf Club and I was swinging it.
- So I had a Golf Club and I was swinging it.
- I have here my, my, my, my golf clubs.
- And we would make things like a set of golf clubs.
- But anyway, ask them to throw a football, ask them to swing a Golf Club.
Examples
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Early's eyes drift over to a set of golf clubs that sit in the corner of the room.
Fiction book (1993) -
A man walks into the gallery on a sunny afternoon, carrying a fistful of golf clubs.
Fiction book (1995) -
But then 30 years ago, I picked up a golf club.
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What about my golf club?
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A golf club would do.
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I stopped by the house to pick up my golf clubs and change clothes.
Fiction book (1998) -
Then I went out and bought my husband the most expensive set of golf clubs I could find.
Fiction book (1997) -
What in the world was he doing outside, marching across the snowy lawn with a golf club?
Fiction book (1999) -
In Night Golf (Miller 1999), James, a young African American boy, finds a rusty golf club and practices his swing.
Academic text (2002) -
He took his golf club out of the bag and prepared to take his shot on the green.
Synonyms
46
6.8
A long golf club used to hit the ball far
15
9.3
An old wooden golf club with a slightly raised face used to hit the ball high
12
5.7
A golf club with a high face used for short shots onto the green
12
4.1
A golf club with a flat face for short strokes on the green
4
5.1
The heavy rounded part at the end of a golf club that hits the ball
2
5.9
A golf club with a high loft used to hit short, high approach shots
1
9.9
An old iron golf club used for medium-distance shots like a modern 5-iron
1
4.6
A golf club that makes the ball go high for short shots onto the green
1
5.3
A golf club with an iron head used for mid-distance shots
1
6.3
A golf club with a long shaft and angled face for hitting long, low shots
1
5.9
A golf club with a slanted face for hitting high shots toward the green
A golf club with a flat face used to hit long shots
A golf club like an iron used to roll the ball on the green before modern clubs
A golf club with a metal head used for long shots
A golf club with a wooden head used for long shots
A long golf club that you use to hit the ball far from the tee
A golf club with a wooden head used to hit high shots
How Far
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound follows a transparent noun+noun pattern where 'golf' specifies the type of 'club' (a club for golf), so a learner who knows both words and the idea of sports clubs can infer 'a club for playing golf'. However, 'club' is polysemous (it can mean the stick or an organization), so this potential ambiguity and reliance on world knowledge make the meaning not fully predictable for all B1 learners.
Etymology
Golf club started as a literal name: golf + club, and a club was simply a long stick used to hit things. That's why a golf club means the long stick with a special head that golfers use to hit the ball.