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field goal
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field goal
(noun)
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field goal
noun
plural
field goals
field goal
noun
plural
field goals
Learner's definition of FIELD GOAL
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American football
:
a score of three points made by kicking the ball between the goalposts
He kicked a 20-yard
field goal
.
They've won three games by less than a
field goal
. [=by fewer than three points]
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basketball
:
basket
2
b
a three-point
field goal
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