📖 Definitions of "Goalposts"
noun
- 1
One of the two vertical side poles of a goal.
- 2
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.)
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Goalposts"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| rulesnoun | (informal) Australian rules football. |
| goals | (Internet slang, also in compounds) Extremely admirable; worthy of being set as a goal and emulated. |
| objectivesnoun | A goal that is striven for. |
| targets | a 1968 American crime thriller film directed by Peter Bogdanovich in his theatrical directorial debut, and starring Tim O'Kelly, Boris Karloff, Nancy Hsueh, Bogdanovich, James Brown, Arthur Peterson and Sandy Baron. |
| bedpostsnoun | (bowling) a 7-10 split |
| 7-10 splitnoun | (bowling) A split where the farthest-left and farthest-right pins are the only pins left standing. |
| snake eyesnoun | (gambling, dice games, idiomatic) Two ones, after rolling two dice. |
| cincinnatinoun | The third largest city in Ohio, United States and the county seat of Hamilton County. |
| splitnoun | A crack or longitudinal fissure. |
| pocketnoun | (clothing) A bag stitched to an item of clothing, used for carrying small items. |
| bridgenoun | A construction or natural feature that spans a divide. |
| ten-pin bowlingnoun | Alternative spelling of tenpin bowling. [A sport where players roll a ball down a wooden pathway and try to knock down as many of the ten target pins as possible.] |
| fivepinsnoun | The game of fivepin bowling. |
| tenpin bowlingnoun | A sport where players roll a ball down a wooden pathway and try to knock down as many of the ten target pins as possible. |
| pinsettingnoun | (bowling) The clearing and resetting of fallen pins in tenpin bowling. |
| spare ballnoun | (tenpin bowling) The situation where all ten pins are knocked down with the second throw in a frame. The points scored by the next ball rolled (in the next frame) are added to the spare's frame's score. |
| dogballsnoun | (slang, golf) A score of eight on any one hole, generally regarded as a very poor score, because the maximum number (par) for any golf hole is five. |
| dutch 200noun | In tenpin bowling, a score of 200 achieved by getting strikes and spares in alternation throughout the game. |
| snowmannoun | A humanoid figure made with large snowballs stacked on each other. Human traits like a face and arms may be fashioned with sticks (arms), a carrot (nose), and stones or coal (eyes, mouth). |
| tenpinnoun | (uncountable) The game of tenpin bowling. |
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