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field goal

field goal noun: a kick of the ball through the uprights and over the crossbar (not after a touchdown). It scores 3 points.

Noun

field goal (plural field goals)

  1. (Canadian) A kick of the ball through the uprights and over the crossbar (not after a touchdown). It scores 3 points.
    • He kicked a 33 yard field goal just before the half.
    • Sure, Homer and Marge being caught naked in front of the town is funny, but why not make it total humiliation? Why not have Homer dragged ass-first over a church’s glass ceiling and force the pastor to give praise to God’s floors? Why not have Homer’s rear end block a game-winning field goal?2016 January 24, Les Chappell, “TV: Review: The Simpsons (Classic), “Natural Born Kissers” (season nine, episode 25, originally aired 05/17/1998)”, in The Onion AV Club
  2. A shot that is scored while the ball is in play (i.e. not a free throw).
    • He got six field goals in the first half, two from three-point land.
  3. A goal scored where a ball that is in play but on the ground is kicked through the uprights and over the crossbar.

field goal meaning in Tamil

field goal in Tamil

களவெற்றி எண், வலையினுள் தங்கி

Forms of field goal

pluralfield goals
alternative formdrop-kick
alternative formfield-goal

Questions about field goal

What does field goal mean?
Field goal means a kick of the ball through the uprights and over the crossbar (not after a touchdown). It scores 3 points.
What is field goal in Tamil?
Field goal in Tamil is களவெற்றி எண், வலையினுள் தங்கி. See Field goal meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is field goal?
Field goal is a noun.
What is the plural of field goal?
The plural of field goal is field goals.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: field goal (page history and authors); Field Goal (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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