golf ball
noun
1
: a small hard dimpled ball used in golf
2
: the spherical printing element of an electric typewriter or printer
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Caprina Gates and part of her family ran a synthetic golf game where kids received a prize for hitting a sticky golf ball that clung to an upright golf hole, complete with sand traps. 
cleveland, 8 Aug. 2022 Rhoda shares Nash with estranged husband Sean Avery, who marked his son's birthday with a video of Nash swinging at a golf ball on his Instagram Story. Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE.com, 29 July 2022 Space Perspective revealed new designs for the exterior of what resembles a high-tech golf ball on a tee for the capsule of its Spaceship Neptune space balloon that is being manufactured at facilities on the Space Coast. Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 27 July 2022 Among the items being thrown on the field were a bottle of mustard and a golf ball. Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 18 July 2022 Since his dream is to be a professional golfer, the next best thing is a golf ball that's emblazoned with his name. Mariah Thomas, Good Housekeeping, 14 Apr. 2022 Billy’s warning came from the sky, in the form of golf ball-sized embers. Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 8 Aug. 2022 In a video posted to Twitter by Matt Considine - New Club Golf CEO and host of The Bag Drop podcast - Daly hits a golf ball across an Akron highway and onto the football field at Archbishop Hoban High School. Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 6 July 2022 In the first few weeks, the pumpkin didn’t grow much, starting out smaller than a golf ball and swelling to the size of a basketball around the 20-day mark. Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2021 See More
cleveland, 8 Aug. 2022 Rhoda shares Nash with estranged husband Sean Avery, who marked his son's birthday with a video of Nash swinging at a golf ball on his Instagram Story. Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE.com, 29 July 2022 Space Perspective revealed new designs for the exterior of what resembles a high-tech golf ball on a tee for the capsule of its Spaceship Neptune space balloon that is being manufactured at facilities on the Space Coast. Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 27 July 2022 Among the items being thrown on the field were a bottle of mustard and a golf ball. Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 18 July 2022 Since his dream is to be a professional golfer, the next best thing is a golf ball that's emblazoned with his name. Mariah Thomas, Good Housekeeping, 14 Apr. 2022 Billy’s warning came from the sky, in the form of golf ball-sized embers. Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 8 Aug. 2022 In a video posted to Twitter by Matt Considine - New Club Golf CEO and host of The Bag Drop podcast - Daly hits a golf ball across an Akron highway and onto the football field at Archbishop Hoban High School. Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 6 July 2022 In the first few weeks, the pumpkin didn’t grow much, starting out smaller than a golf ball and swelling to the size of a basketball around the 20-day mark. Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1545, in the meaning defined at sense 1