minigolf

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noun

Miniature golf.

UncommonScrabble 14

Meanings

nounminigolf (countable and uncountable, plural minigolfs)

plural minigolfs

  1. uncountableMiniature golf.
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    Despite his fame, he's a humble, laid-back guy, more than willing to teach me a thing or two about minigolf. We're definitely in the right city for the lesson. With more than 50 courses in a 96-kilometre radius, some argue that the area, whose population is just over 200,000 year-round, is the minigolf capital of the world.

    2009 January 17, Heather Greenwood Davis, “Minigolf's a major obsession in Myrtle Beach”, in Toronto Star, archived from the original on 02 Feb 2009
  2. countableA course for playing miniature golf.

    […] the hotels have overgrown granite minigolfs with little pink granite megaliths as obstacles […]

    2022, The Rough Guide to Brittany & Normandy
    1 more example

    The commercial strips of the mid-twentieth century lined with minigolfs, kiddie parks, drive-in theaters, and shopping.

    2009, Brian Butko, Lincoln Highway Companion, page 10

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

  1. LatinMinius
  2. Latinminium
  3. Italianminio
  4. Italianminiare
  5. Italianminiatura
  6. Englishminiature
  7. Englishmini-
  8. Middle Scotsgolf
  9. Englishgolf
  10. Englishminigolf

From mini- + golf.

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APA

minigolf. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/minigolf

MLA

“minigolf.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/minigolf. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “minigolf,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/minigolf.

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