Goliath

noun

Go·​li·​ath gə-ˈlī-əth How to pronounce Goliath (audio)
1
: a Philistine champion who in I Samuel 17 is killed by David
2
: giant

Examples of Goliath in a Sentence

the family-owned company lost the contract to a multibillion-dollar Goliath
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Years before Apple’s famous ad broadcast during the 1984 Super Bowl, Wang produced an ad for the 1978 Super Bowl—with help from a very young Ridley Scott, who went on to an extraordinary career as a Hollywood director—that featured Wang as David and IBM as Goliath. Pat Butler, Sportico.com, 16 May 2025 And that really is first and foremost the reason David vs. Goliath became an all-time great. Dalton Ross, EW.com, 15 May 2025 The Miniature Wife is created by Jennifer Ames and Steve Turner (Boardwalk Empire, Goliath), who serve as showrunners and executive producers. Max Goldbart, Deadline, 12 May 2025 Some have taken a bemused pleasure in Americana-style music finally getting its own hip-hop-style major beef, even if the two acoustic guitar strummers in question are wildly mismatched as far as being a comparative David and Goliath. Chris Willman, Variety, 11 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for Goliath

Word History

Etymology

Hebrew Golyath

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of Goliath was in the 14th century

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“Goliath.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Goliath. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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