Polo vs. Golf

Polonoun

(uncountable) A ball game where two teams of players on horseback use long-handled mallets to propel the ball along the ground and into their opponent's goal.

Polonoun

A similar game played on the ice, or on a prepared floor, by players wearing skates.

Polonoun

(countable) A polo shirt.

Polonoun

A Spanish gypsy dance characterized by energetic movements of the body while the feet merely shuffle or glide, with unison singing and rhythmic clapping of hands.

Polonoun

(Philippines) A dress shirt.

Polonoun

A game of ball of Eastern origin, resembling hockey, with the players on horseback.

Polonoun

A similar game played on the ice, or on a prepared floor, by players wearing skates.

Polonoun

A game similar to hockey played by swimmers.

Polonoun

A Spanish gypsy dance characterized by energetic movements of the body while the feet merely shuffle or glide, with unison singing and rhythmic clapping of hands.

Polonoun

Venetian traveler who explored Asia in the 13th century and served Kublai Khan (1254-1324)

Polonoun

a game similar to field hockey but played on horseback using long-handled mallets and a wooden ball

Polonoun

a game of Eastern origin resembling hockey, played on horseback with a long-handled mallet

Polo

Polo is a horseback ball game, a traditional field sport and one of the world's oldest known team sports. The game is played by two opposing teams with the objective of scoring using a long-handled wooden mallet to hit a small hard ball through the opposing team's goal.

Golfnoun

(sports) A ball game played by individuals competing against one another in which the object is to hit a ball into each of a series of (usually 18 or nine) holes in the minimum number of strokes.

Golfnoun

The letter G in the ICAO spelling alphabet.

Golfverb

(intransitive) To play the game of golf.

Golfverb

(computing) To write something in as few characters as possible (e.g. in code golf, regex golf)

Golfnoun

A game played with a small ball and a bat or club crooked at the lower end. He who drives the ball into each of a series of small holes in the ground and brings it into the last hole with the fewest strokes is the winner.

Golfverb

To play at golf.

Golfnoun

a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes

Golfverb

play golf

Golf

Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not utilize a standardized playing area, and coping with the varied terrains encountered on different courses is a key part of the game.