gowf

Scots

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Scots golf, from Middle Dutch colve, from Proto-West Germanic *kolbō, from Proto-Germanic *kulbaz (“round object”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to form into a ball”).

Noun

gowf (uncountable)

  1. golf

Descendants

  • → English: golf

Verb

gowf (third-person singular simple present gowfs, present participle gowfing, simple past gowfed, past participle gowfed)

  1. to golf
  2. to strike or cuff
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