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four-ball

four-ball is the alternative form of fourball.

Meaning of fourball

Noun

fourball (countable and uncountable, plural fourballs)

  1. A match between two teams of two golfers, each playing his or her own ball throughout the round rather than alternating shots, and each hole won by the team whose individual golfer has the lowest score.
    • The United States pitched a shutout in five alternate-shot matches during a crisp morning, then turned back an International rally with one of its own to split the afternoon fourball matches and build a 14 ½-7 ½ lead going into the 12 singles matches today in Montreal.2007 September 30, The Associated Press, “U.S. Widens Lead in Presidents Cup”, in New York Times

Forms of four-ball

pluralfour-balls

Questions about four-ball

What is four-ball the alternative form of?
Four-ball is the alternative form of fourball.

Words near four-ball in the dictionary

  1. four-and-nine
  2. four-and-nines
  3. four-and-twenty
  4. four-bagger
  5. four-baggers
  6. four-ball
  7. four-balls
  8. four-belt
  9. four-by-four
  10. four-by-fours
  11. four-by-two

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