in American football, a goal scored by kicking the ball over a pole called a crossbar
Synonyms and related words
The sport of American football
American football
bowl
conversion kick
2
in basketball, an ordinary goal scored while all the players are moving around, rather than after the game has been stopped temporarily
Synonyms and related words
Basketball
backboard
basket
basketball
field goal
noun countable
US
Word Forms
singular
field goal
plural
field goals
DEFINITIONS2
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in football, a goal worth three points scored by kicking the ball over a pole called a crossbar
Synonyms and related words
The sport of American football
American football
backfield
blitz
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in basketball, an ordinary goal worth two or three points scored while all the players are moving around, rather than after the game has been stopped because a player has broken the rules