field goal
Noun
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Noun
field goal (plural field goals)
- (American football, Canadian football) When the ball is kicked through the uprights and over the crossbar (not after a touchdown) for 3 points.
- He kicked a 33 yard field goal just before the half.
- (basketball) A made shot that was not a free throw.
- He got six field goals in the first half, two from three-point land.
- (rugby) A goal scored where a ball that is in play but on the ground is kicked through the uprights and over the crossbar.
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