green
- noun
- /ɡriːn/
- Jargon
- After a long game, we celebrated our wins by relaxing on the green with refreshments.
- a putting green
- a golf green
- build a putting green
Plan a day on the green at Tamarack County Club.
- Plan a day on the green at Tamarack County Club.
- I didn't realize till I got to the green.
- And the ball is already on the flattest surface that there is on the course, which is the green.
- But I, I, that's when you feel the drug, like, it's like when you're golfing and you, you, and it's on the green, you're like, oh, I get it now.
Examples
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Anyone can see at a glance that the ball is going to break and that the green is very fast.
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The last time, I was 200 yards from the green.
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Um, actually, the green on number eight is a little rough.
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I told you I'd make it on to the green.
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Happened by the water hazard on the fourth green.
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Plan a day on the green at Tamarack County Club.
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I had just walked across a green when someone yelled at me: "This is a private golf course!"
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This is the 18th fairway, and I'm right on the green.
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The golfer took a careful stance before hitting the ball onto the green for his final putt.
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Players must assess the green conditions to make successful shots during a tournament.
Synonyms
An area of very short grass around a golf hole where players putt
An area of closely cut grass around a golf hole where players hit the ball toward the hole
Idioms
- Jargon
To look at the slope and surface of a golf green to decide how to hit a putt
Compounds
- US
An official card that allows a foreign person to live and work permanently in the United States
A political party that wants to protect the environment and support fair social policies
A period in the 1960s and 1970s when new seeds and fertilizers greatly increased food crops
- Specialized
A way to release software using two identical systems to move users to the new version
A range of mountains in Vermont, USA that are part of the Appalachian Mountains
A river in the western United States that starts in Wyoming and flows south into the Colorado River
- Specialized
Tiny living things in water that make food from light and often look blue-green
- Literature
A soldier in green with no badge sent so a country can deny sending them
A West African monkey that lives in open grasslands with a greenish-grey back and a yellow tail
- Archaic
A soup made from the meat of green turtles, often served as a special food
A low, soft green plant with creeping stems often used to make Christmas wreaths
- South African
A monkey that lives on the African savanna with greenish-grey fur and a yellow tail
A small green or yellow-green toad with black bars and stripes found in North America
How Difficult
Surface Forms
Etymology
Green in golf comes from the old English grēne, which meant 'grass' or 'to grow', so it naturally named the smooth patch of grass around the hole. That's why golfers call that area the green.