own goal

own goal

n.

1. A goal scored by a defender on his or her team's goal by a mistaken play, such as a misdirected pass.

2. Informal An action by which one unintentionally harms oneself or one's allies: The senator's belligerent response to the allegations was a bit of an own goal.

own goal

n

1. (General Sporting Terms) soccer a goal scored by a player accidentally playing the ball into his own team's net. Abbreviation: o.g

2. informal any action that results in disadvantage to the person who took it or to a party, group, etc with which that person is associated

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

own goal - (soccer) a goal that results when a player inadvertently knocks the ball into the goal he is defending; "the own goal cost them the game" goal - a successful attempt at scoring; "the winning goal came with less than a minute left to play" association football, soccer - a football game in which two teams of 11 players try to kick or head a ball into the opponents' goal

Translations

автогол

öngól

autoreteautogol

オウンゴール

자책골

självmål

own goal

n (lit, fig) → Eigentor nt; to score an own goal (lit, fig) → ein Eigentor schießen

own goal

n (Sport) (fig) → autogol m inv, autorete f