Usually means: Scored by kicking through uprights.
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We found 24 dictionaries that define the word field goal:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. field goal: Merriam-Webster
  2. field goal: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. field goal: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. field goal: Collins English Dictionary
  5. field goal: Vocabulary.com
  6. field-goal: Wordnik
  7. field goal: Wiktionary
  8. field goal: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. field goal: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. field goal: Dictionary.com
  11. Field Goal (video game), Field goal (basketball), Field goal (football), Field goal (rugby), Field goal: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. field goal: Rhymezone
  13. field goal: FreeDictionary.org
  14. field goal: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. field goal: TheFreeDictionary.com
  16. field goal: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. field goal: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. field goal: Urban Dictionary

Sports (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Field Goal: Backgammon
  2. Football Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)
  4. Field goal: Sports Definitions

(Note: See field_goals as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (field goal)

noun:  (American football, Canadian football) A kick of the ball through the uprights and over the crossbar (not after a touchdown). It scores 3 points.
noun:  (basketball) A shot that is scored while the ball is in play (i.e. not a free throw).
noun:  (rugby) A goal scored where a ball that is in play but on the ground is kicked through the uprights and over the crossbar.

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