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Goalpost
//ˈɡəʊlpəʊst// noun
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Noun
- 1 One of the two vertical side poles of a goal.
"Some kids were having a kickabout on the grass beside the walkway, cheering, groaning, calling for the ball, absorbed in the game, a self-contained universe marked out by jackets for goalposts and invisible touchlines."
- 2 one of a pair of posts (usually joined by a crossbar) that are set up as a goal at each end of a playing field wordnet
- 3 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.)
- 4 A rule or target that is "moved" (changed) unfairly; see move the goalposts.
"[…] whatever you eat, how much you drink, you know the goalposts keep moving all the time, and it's difficult to be sure that, but I don't think it's harmful, not the amount I drink."
Etymology
From goal + post.
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