GOLF
ADJECTIVES
1887 — SCLAFFY of a stroke in golf: scrapy → Sc.
1905 — HALVED in golf: applied to a match which results in a drawn game; also applied to a hole when each party takes the same number of strokes to play it → Sc. (Bk.)
1906 — DUFFED of a stroke with a golf club: poorly executed
NOUNS
.M19 — GOBBLE in golf: a rapid straight putt into a hole
1857 — STICK a golf club
1858 — BAFFING-SPOON a wooden-headed golf club → Sc.
1869 — FOOZLE in golf: a mis-hit shot → Sc.
1881 — MASHIE — MASHY an iron golf club
1887 — DUNCH a shot in which the ball is propelled along or close to the ground, typically only a short distance
1887 — SCLAFF in golf: a muffled shot, caused by the club grazing the ground before striking the ball → Sc.
1888 — BAFFIE — BAFFY in golf: a short wooden club used to hit the ball into the air → golfing usage
1888 — BRASSIE — BRASSY a wooden golf club shod with brass
1889 — BULGER a wooden golf club with a convex face
1890 — BAFFY SPOON in golf: a short wooden club used to hit the ball into the air → golfing usage
1890 — DUFFING in golf: a performing a shot badly, or a playing badly in general
1890 — GUTTIE — GUTTY in golfing: a gutta-percha ball → golfers’ sl.
1891 — TANGLE a golf club with a long slender shaft → Sc.
1898 — BAFF a stroke in golf in which the ground is struck with the sole of the club-head → Sc. (Bk.)
..20C — GREAT GAME golf
..20C — WORM-BURNER a fast-moving ground ball in baseball, golf, etc. → Amer. sl.
..E20 — ACE in golf: a hole in one
1901 — THE NINETEENTH HOLE the bar-room in a golf club-house → sl., orig. US
1907 — PRETTY a fairway
1920 — MAST in golf: a pin → Brit. sl.
1920 — RABBITRY a state of being a poor player. esp. in golf or tennis → sl.
1925 — DOUBLE EAGLE a score of three strokes under par on a hole
.M20 — SHANK in golf: an act of striking the ball with the heel of the club
1952 — DOUBLE BOGEY a score of two strokes over par on a hole
1953 — CADDIE SHACK any small building where golf caddies congregate and wait for work → US sl.
1963 — THE YIPS nervous trembling which causes a golfer to miss an easy putt → sl.
1980 — SNOWMAN in golfing; an 8 on the hole → Amer. golfers’ usage
1981 — ALBATROSS a score of three strokes below the par figure for a hole → Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
1981 — BORROW to play a ball up a hill or a slope, instead of straight across the green, so that the slope will cause the ball to return towards the hole → Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
1988 — DOODLEBUG a golf cart → Amer. dial.
NOUNS, PERSON
1730 — CADDIE — CADDY — CADIE — CAWDY a lad or man who waits about on the lookout for chance employment as a messenger, errand-boy, etc.; esp. a golf-attendant → Sc.
1899 — HANDICAPPER in golf: a player having a specified handicap; used with a preceding numeral or adjective, as ‘low handicapper’
..20C — DAWN PATROL golfers or surfers who head out early to beat others to the course or waves → US sl.
1904 — RABBIT an inferior or novice golfer → sl.
1930 — BUNKER BUSTER a golfer
1934 — HACKER in sports, esp. golf: a persistent but unskilful amateur player; a person who hacks
1935 — WOOD BUTCHER a poor golf player → Amer. golfers’ sl.
1937 — BAG RAT in golf: a caddy → US sl.
1942 — DUFFER in golf: an unskilful player → US sl.
1971 — GOLFAHOLIC a person who appears to be addicted to golf
1980 — LOOPER a caddie → sl.
1997 — BIG HITTER in golf: a player who hits the ball greater distances than considered typical → golfing usage (Bk.)
1997 — BIRD DOG a caddie who acts as a ‘forecaddie’, staying out ahead of the players so he can see precisely where all the balls in the group come to rest → golfing usage (Bk.)
1997 — BIRDWATCHER a golf caddy whose mind is elsewhere (Bk.)
1997 — HITTER a golfer who makes every move in his swing action based on hitting the ball → golfing usage (Bk.)
1997 — MONEY LEADERS professional tour golfers near the top of the money winnings for a year → golfing usage (Bk.)
1997 — RABBIT a professional golfer who has no exemption and is forced to play qualifying rounds to make it into the field for a professional event → golfing usage (Bk.)
1997 — SANDBAGGER a golfer who purposely posts false or inflated scores in order to achieve a handicap higher than that which his ability warrants → golfing usage (Bk.)
1997 — TEACHING PROFESSIONAL a golf professional who derives his income primarily from giving lessons to golfers → golfing usage (Bk.)
VERBS
1867 — HOLE OUT to finish a hole by putting the ball in the cup
1881 — BAFF to beat, to strike; in golf: to strike the ground with the sole of the club-head in making a stroke → Sc.
1887 — DUNCH in golf: to propel the ball low to the ground, typically for only a short distance
1887 — SCLAFF — SKLAFF in golf: to graze the ground with the club in the act of striking the ball, and so shorten the shot; to hit the ball in this way → Sc.
1893 — TOE in golf; to strike the ball with the point or tip of the club → Sc.
1895 — DUFF in golf: to perform a shot badly
1897 — PRESS to try to hit a ball too hard or fast, typically resulting in tense, inaccurate play
..E20 — SHANK in golf: to strike the ball with the heel of the club
1904 — DOWN in golf: to sink a putt
1909 — KNUCKLE in golf: to bend the knee inward
1924 — CHALK-EYE to act as golf caddy → Amer. dial.
.M20 — ACE in golf: to complete a hole in one stroke
1970 — CAN in golf: to sink a putt → Can. sl.
1980 — LOOP to be a golf caddie → sl.
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