goalposts
Meaning
- (form-of, plural) plural of goalpost
- a 7-10 split
goalpost
- 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.)
- A rule or target that is "moved" (changed) unfairly; see move the goalposts.
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