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goalpost

English

Etymology

goal +? post.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /????lp??st/, /????l-/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /??o?lpo?st/
  • Hyphenation: goal?post
  • Rhymes: -??st

Noun

goalpost (plural goalposts)

  1. (sports) One of the two vertical side poles of a goal.
  2. (sports, American football) The tall Y-shaped upright, now usually of fiberglass, at either end of the playing field, through which a football must go in order for a field goal to be scored. (They were originally H-shaped, with one wooden post on either side.)

Derived terms

  • move the goalposts

Translations

Further reading

  • goal (sport) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • goalpost on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

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