Noun

(en noun)

A result that one is attempting to achieve.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-11-02, volume=409, issue=8860, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= A shrinking slice , passage=The goal should be to strengthen workers without hamstringing firms. Growth, rather than employment protection, is the priority. More work means a stronger labour market, which would bid up employees’ slice, as it did in America in the 1990s when unemployment was at record lows.}}

In many sports, an area into which the players attempt to put an object.

The act of placing the object into the goal.

A point scored in a game as a result of placing the object into the goal.

* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=April 15, author=Saj Chowdhury, work=BBC Sport

, title= Norwich 2-1 Nott'm Forest , passage=The former Forest man, who passed a late fitness test, appeared to use Guy Moussi for leverage before nodding in David Fox's free-kick at the far post - his 22nd goal of the season.}}

A noun or noun phrase that receives the action of a verb. The subject of a passive verb or the direct object of an active verb. Also called a patient, target, or undergoer.

Noun

(en-noun)

(uncountable) A ball game where two teams of players on horseback use long-handled mallets to propel the ball along the ground and into their opponent's goal.

A similar game played on the ice, or on a prepared floor, by players wearing skates.

(countable) A polo shirt.

* {{quote-news, 2007, February 22, Mike Albo, Outfitters to Presidents, Preppies, Me, New York Times citation

, passage=Then on the second floor there is the creepy boy’s section, which had little headless mannequins in premium polos ($39.50), rugby shirts ($49.50) and a precocious leather pilot jacket for $148. }}