goalpost
IPA: gˈoʊɫpoʊst
noun
- (sports) One of the two vertical side poles of a goal.
- (sports, 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 for a field goal to be scored. (They were originally H-shaped, with one wooden post on either side.)
- A rule or target that is "moved" (changed) unfairly; see move the goalposts.
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Examples of "goalpost" in Sentences
- It landed right of the goalpost.
- The goalpost are not being moved.
- Please stop shifting the goalpost.
- The goalpost uprights are nine wide.
- And please stop moving the goalpost here.
- Note the tennis courts, behind the goalpost.
- It is not quite fair to suddenly change the goalpost.
- The goalpost can't be continually changing like this.
- I have the impression the goalposts are a bit shifty today.
- Marx represents the goalpost on the left, Rand is the goalpost on the right.
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