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Field goal Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -al

Field goal has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a score in American football; a score made by kicking the ball between the opponents' goal posts

2

a score in basketball made by throwing the ball through the hoop

3

When the ball is kicked through the uprights and over the crossbar (not after a touchdown) for 3 points.

See Also
goalpost turnover on downs chip shot wedgie try field goal percentage free throw touchdown
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
score
Rhyming Words
boal coal foal goal toal shoal skoal recoal seacoal in goal no goal subgoal nongoal sea coal gas coal day coal charcoal non goal own goal antigoal
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