goal (Milton gole) /gōl/

1. The end or aim of a person's effort or ambition
2. A destination
3. A pair of posts with a crossbar through or over which the ball is driven in some games (eg football)
4. A basket used similarly in other sports
5. The sending of the ball between the goalposts or over the crossbar or into the basket
6. A score for doing so
7. (also goals) a name given to various outdoor games, eg early versions of hockey and football
8. A limit, boundary (obsolete)
9. A competition, race (obsolete)
10. The finishing point of a race
11. The winning post or a similar marker
12. Sometimes used for the starting-post (obsolete)
13. In ancient Rome, a pillar marking the turning point in a chariot race
14. The target in archery (obsolete)

To convert (a try) into a goal

goalˈless adjective

1. With no goals scored
2. Without goals in life, unambitious

goalˈball noun

A game developed specifically for the blind, played by two teams on a rectangular indoor court using a ball containing bells, the object being to roll the ball past the opposing team into their goal

goal difference noun

The difference between the number of goals scored by a football, etc team and the number of those scored against them during a season, used as a factor in deciding league positions

goalˈkeeper noun

A player whose task is to defend the goal (informal goalˈie)

goal'keeping noun

goal kick noun

1. A free kick awarded to a defending player when an opponent has sent the ball over the goal line but not between the posts (football)
2. An attempt to kick a goal (rugby)

goalˈkicker noun

A player who kicks a goal, or takes a goal kick

goalˈkicking noun

goal line noun

The boundary marking each end of the field, on which the goals are situated

goalˈmouth noun

The space between the goalposts and immediately in front of the goal

goalˈpost noun

One of the upright posts forming the goal

goal'scorer noun (football)

A player who scores goals, esp regularly

goalˈ-tender noun

(in some games, esp ice-hockey) a goalkeeper

goalˈ-tending noun

1. The practice of being a goal-tender
2. In basketball, the illegal touching of the ball on its downward trajectory towards the basket

change, move or shift the goalposts

To alter the rules of a game, conditions of an agreement, etc unfairly after proceedings have begun, or the agreement has been entered into

own goal

1. A goal scored against one's own side by a player from one's own team
2. Any self-inflicted disadvantage

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