goalpost

See also: goal post

English

A goalpost in American football

Etymology

goal +‎ post.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɡəʊlpəʊst/, /ˈɡɔʊl-/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡoʊlpoʊst/
Hyphenation: goal‧post
Rhymes: -əʊst

Noun

goalpost (plural goalposts)

(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.)

Derived terms

move the goalposts

Translations

vertical side pole of a goal

Armenian: ուղղահայաց դարպասաձող (ułłahayacʿ darpasajoł), շտանգա (hy) (štanga) (colloquial)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 門柱 (zh), 门柱 (zh) (ménzhù)
Faroese: stong f, málstong f
Finnish: maalitolppa, tolppa (fi)
French: goalpost m
Georgian: სპორტული (sṗorṭuli), კარების ძელი (ḳarebis ʒeli)
German: Torpfosten m

Greek: κάθετο δοκάρι n (kátheto dokári)
Icelandic: marksúla f, markstöng f
Italian: palo (it) m
Japanese: ゴールポスト (gōruposuto)
Norwegian: målstang m or f, stang (no) m or f
Portuguese: trave (pt) f
Russian: шта́нга (ru) f (štánga)
Swedish: stolpe (sv) c, målstolpe (sv) c

Further reading

goal (sport) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
goalpost on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

go postal

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