golf ball

noun

1
: a small hard dimpled ball used in golf
2
: the spherical printing element of an electric typewriter or printer

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Respect Summer Ben from Wisconsin has his little ones out there in the yard smacking golf balls. — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 3 Aug. 2026 Commercial opportunities The telltale giant golf balls at Buckley Space Force Base, on the western edge of America’s high plains, are radar domes designed to protect the sensitive antennas inside. — Anna Mulrine Grobe, Christian Science Monitor, 30 July 2026 Erling Haaland, the Norwegian soccer player who became a sensation in the 2026 World Cup, was spotted hitting golf balls into the ocean while listening to Langley. — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 17 July 2026 Best known for frying fish, smoking weed, shanking golf balls and listening to Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers’ Go Go Swing Live on repeat. — Liza Lentini, SPIN, 17 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for golf ball

Word History

First Known Use

1545, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of golf ball was in 1545

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