field goal
noun
1
: a score of three points in football made by drop-kicking or placekicking the ball over the crossbar from ordinary play
2
: a goal in basketball made while the ball is in play
Examples of field goal in a Sentence
He kicked a 20-yard field goal.
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Plascencia had an opportunity to kick late last season when starter Jack Browning had a leg injury, going 4-for-4 on field goals with a long of 46 yards.
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Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2024
Jones made 5-of-11 field goals and added four free throws while adding six rebounds and a career-high four steals.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 14 Mar. 2024
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Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2024
Jones made 5-of-11 field goals and added four free throws while adding six rebounds and a career-high four steals.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 14 Mar. 2024
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“Field goal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/field%20goal. Accessed 1 Jun. 2024.
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