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field goal definition

☆ field goal

  1. Basketball
    1. a shot, made while the ball is in play, that goes through the basket
    2. a score awarded for making such a shot
  2. Football a goal kicked from the field, scoring three points

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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