foursome

foursome
/fawr"seuhm, fohr"-/, n.
1. a company or set of four; two couples; a quartet: to make up a foursome for bridge.
2. Golf.
a. a match between two pairs of players, each of whom plays his or her own ball.
b. Also called Scotch foursome. a match between two pairs of players, in which each pair plays one ball and partners stroke alternately.
adj.
3. consisting of four persons, things, etc.; performed by or requiring four persons.
[1540-50; FOUR + -SOME2]

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  • Foursome — Four some, n. 1. (Golf) A game between four players, with two on each side and each side playing but one ball, the partners striking alternately. It is called a mixed foursome when each side consists of a man and a woman. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Foursome — Four some (f[=o]r s[u^]m), a. [Four + 2d some.] Consisting of four; requiring four participants. [Scot. or Golf] [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • foursome — early 16c., from FOUR (Cf. four) + SOME (Cf. some). Golf sense is from 1867 …   Etymology dictionary

  • foursome — ► NOUN ▪ a group of four people …   English terms dictionary

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  • foursome — UK [ˈfɔː(r)səm] / US [ˈfɔrsəm] noun [countable] Word forms foursome : singular foursome plural foursomes a group of four people The two couples used to go around as a foursome …   English dictionary

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  • foursome — noun (C) a group of four people, especially two men and two women, who are together for a social occasion : make up a foursome (=complete a group of four people): make up a foursome for bridge …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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