Goalpost

Word GOALPOST
Character 8
Hyphenation goalpost
Pronunciations /ˈɡɔʊl-/

Definitions and meanings of "Goalpost"

What do we mean by goalpost?

One of a pair of posts usually joined with a crossbar to form a goal, as in soccer or ice hockey. noun

A post or a pair of posts supporting a crossbar and either supporting or extending into the uprights of a goal, as in football. noun

One of the upright posts forming one side of the goal. See goal, 2. noun

One of two posts supporting a crossbar which forms a goal{3}, especially in American football; also, in football the entire structure consisting of the posts, crossbar, and two uprights. To score a goal by kicking the football, the ball must pass above the crossbar and between the vertical lines formed by the uprights. noun

In American football, the tall Y-shaped upright, now usually of fiberglass, at either end of the playing field, through which a football must go in order to score a field goal. Originally, they were H-shaped, with two wooden posts on either side. noun

One of the two side poles of the goal. noun

One of a pair of posts (usually joined by a crossbar) that are set up as a goal at each end of a playing field noun

One of the two vertical side poles of a goal.

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.)

when a girl fingers herself in pussy and ass, with index finger and ring finger, resembles a goalpost Urban Dictionary

Goalposting is a sex position in which one person lays on his or her back with two other people straddling. Named because of the horizontal and two uprights. Urban Dictionary

The act of redefining the conditions for victory or completion of a task, either when the original conditions for achieving them were met or whilst the person or group is busy working to achieve the current conditions, in order to prevent them from succeeding. Usually done with malice by a superior or peer looking to exclude or remove people from a group by portraying them as incompetent of not completing the task they keep altering. Urban Dictionary

The worst type of Nintendo bootlicker who defends their multi-million dollar company when : 1. There's a criticism of Nintendo when they shut down fan stuff borrowing their IPs. 2. There's a criticism from fanboys of rival consoles. 3. They lose an argument, some of them start mocking their colloquist at this point. Urban Dictionary

A tasteful pseudonym for female genitalia. Urban Dictionary

A fancy way of saying sabotage of what somebody is trying to get done, fucking with someone's life. Urban Dictionary

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The word "goalpost" in example sentences

And now by trying to convince people that the goalpost is at 2,210 delegates instead of the 2,026 that everyone else recognizes. ❋ Unknown (2008)

If the goalpost is changed to 2210, then barack needs 14 SD and Hillary needs 193 SD. ❋ Unknown (2008)

If the goalpost is moved, all future Democratic primaries will be chaotic. ❋ Unknown (2008)

On the ensuing counterattack for Columbus, Cunningham hit the side of the left goalpost from a bad angle along the end line. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Hull capitalized on a turnover by Chris Phillips to score his first goal, putting a snap shot inside the left goalpost from the right faceoff dot 2 1/2 minutes into the second. ❋ Unknown (2002)

The brother of Ottawa Senators star Marian Hossa, Marcel Hossa hit the near goalpost from the bottom of the left faceoff circle but followed his own shot and popped the puck over the back of goaltender Dan Blackburn. ❋ Unknown (2002)

Glen Murray hit the goalpost from the slot off a feed from P.J. Axelsson. ❋ Unknown (2002)

After defenseman Chris McAllister was given a double-minor for roughing, the All-Star MVP one-timed Ilya Kovalchuk's pass high inside the right goalpost from the right circle at 9: 31 for his ❋ Unknown (2002)

Modano nearly won it for Dallas when he blasted a one-timer off the right goalpost from the slot. ❋ Unknown (2001)

Larionov and fired a slap shot inside the left goalpost from the high slot for his team-best 19th goal at 1: 45 of the third. ❋ Unknown (2000)

I am sure if you were excited about it as I was, and at that time the goalpost was the best friend I had in the world, and I thought I got to treat this post right and give it a big smacker. ❋ Evan Weiner | NHL.com Correspondent (2010)

In the CNN Blitzer transcript linked he keeps saying "field goal" when he means "goalpost". ❋ Unknown (2009)

I've noticed a lot of blinking from Hillary lately every time she talks one of her "goalpost" moves up. ❋ Unknown (2009)

You're going to try that kind of goalpost-moving intellectual dishonesty and then accuse me of "mischaracterizing" my position or being a "liar"? ❋ Ann Althouse (2007)

I don’t know if I’d go as far as Keating in calling Fareed Zakaria’s cover story on “victory” in Iraq “the kind of goalpost moving that Colbert has relished mocking for years,” but I do think the use of the term “victory” is troublesome — not least because it plays into the narrative of the war architects for whom the key goal of the surge was the salvaging of their reputations. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Picking apart a post would be moving the goalpost about what constitutes a “real job” if the job holder was President Obama. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Forget shifing your goalpost and trying to change your arguments because you just are too uninformed to talk about Bush LYING to get us into a war or yellowcake I am not following you into a healthcare debate. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Though we both know you are just trying to move the goalpost again because you were shown to be wrong again and are not adult enough to admit it. ❋ Unknown (2010)

If you change the goalpost to ask whether the answers to a question could sometimes be true then there is a clearly wrong answer to only one of the the questions the survey asked. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Folks, there is a new goalpost: is this a good move politically. ❋ Unknown (2010)

❋ Blunt Man (2003)

Dude, my girlfriend and [her friend] were drinking together when I got home and I [convinced] them to do some goalposting [with me]. ❋ Goalposter (2020)

When Jake was close to finishing his training, his [supervisor] who had always hated him started moving the goalposts by claiming that Jake needed four references of [work experience] instead of two in order to graduate, a condition that nobody else had to meet and with only one day left for the [deadline]. Jake didn't pass. ❋ Thejimler (2015)

[Here we go] there's a Goalpost Shifter under a [Twitter post] criticising Nintendo [shutting] down Youtubers who upload their OSTs. ❋ Shiine-1 (2022)

I [kicked] [my purple] football straight between her [gammon] goal posts! ❋ Darren Hanson (2004)

The [dork] would always start moving the goalposts [whenever] she started to get [eaten alive] at the game she created. ❋ The Original Agahnim (2021)

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