GOLF STROKE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it

Synonyms:

golf shot; golf stroke; swing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("golf stroke" is a kind of...):

shot; stroke ((sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "golf stroke"):

downswing (a swing downward of a golf club)

fade; slice; slicing (a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer)

draw; hook; hooking (a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer)

drive; driving (hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver)

explosion (a golf shot from a bunker that typically moves sand as well as the golf ball)

putt; putting (hitting a golf ball that is on the green using a putter)

approach; approach shot (a relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green)

sclaff (a poor golf stroke in which the club head hits the ground before hitting the ball)

shank (a poor golf stroke in which the heel of the club hits the ball)

teeoff (the act of hitting a golf ball from the teeing ground at the start of each hole)