The Collaborative International Dictionary
golfcart \golfcart\, golf cart \golf cart\n. a motorized cart in which golfers can ride between shots.
Syn: golf cart.
Wiktionary
n. a small four-wheeled motorized vehicle, used to travel around a golf course.
WordNet
n. a small motor vehicle in which golfers can ride between shots [syn: golfcart]
Wikipedia
A golf cart (called golf car in ANSI standard Z130.1, since "carts" are not self-propelled) is a small vehicle designed originally to carry two golfers and their golf clubs around a golf course or on desert trails with less effort than walking.
Golf carts come in a wide range of formats and are more generally used to convey small numbers of passengers short distances at speeds less than per ANSI Standard z130.1 as originally manufactured. They are generally around wide × long × high and weigh to . Most are powered by 4-stroke engines.
The price of a golf cart can range anywhere from under US$1,000 to well over US$20,000 per cart, depending on several factors. These factors may include whether or not a fleet of carts is being purchased for a golf course or a country club, for example, and whether the carts are new or used. Other factors may include options such as equipment requirements, and how many people the cart is meant to transport. With the rise in popularity of golf carts, many golf clubs or country clubs offer storage and energy options to golf cart owners. This has led to the modification of golf carts to suit use at the particular golf course. Typical modification includes windshields, ball cleaners, cooler trays, upgraded motor or speed controller (to increase speed and/or torque), and lift kits.
Originally golf carts were electrically powered, but in time gasoline-powered variants started to occur. The electric variety is now used in many communities where their lack of pollutants, lack of noise, and safety for pedestrians and other carts (due to slow speeds) are beneficial. When purpose-built for general transportation these are called Neighborhood Electric Vehicles (NEVs), but with various operating limitations such as top speed and heavy regulation on which type of streets these types of carts are permitted to be used. These may resemble the golf carts shown above, although some are now being made with all-weather car-like bodies.
The minimum age to drive a golf cart is 13 in Georgia, Alabama, California, Florida, Kansas, Kentucky, Rhode Island, Vermont, and South Carolina. Other US states have a minimum age of 14–15 years.
Usage examples of "golf cart".
Kingsbury was punching a new number into the phone when Jake Harp returned to the golf cart.
My staff stuck up like the plastic flagpole on a golf cart, but at least I had a free hand.
The President nodded and they climbed into a golf cart and set off over a path that curved around a large pond and onto one of the longest golf courses in the nation.
Doggy drove his golf cart down the bumpy path behind the tee and soon the athletes and their entourage heard: “.
Giordino nodded toward a golf cart like the one he drove in the tunnels.
Munshun tries to intrude, Burny's friend hurrying down Station House Road even now (or maybe driving in his own E-Z-Go golf cart), wanting to scoop him up and take him to the abbalah.
Lights in many of the small houses were off, and not a single golf cart or bicycle rattled past in the chilly dark.
Only six hundred and fifty people lived here, and why would the governor care if one of them got a little frisky in his golf cart?
If you want to join the club, you have to pay the cost of admittance, and even then you still can't drive your golf cart on the greens.