joe the goose
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.79 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A (usually easy) goal scored by a player who has received a handball in the goalsquare and is without an opponent close to them.
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Joe the Goose.
Example Sentences
- ""His first goal was a ‘‘Joe the Goose’’ over the top, but Brown followed it up with another mark and conversion barely a minute later.""
- ""As for Darcy Moore, well he kicked two goals today – one of them a classic “Joe the Goose”, but still – and with no senior key forward to partner with it’s no surprise he gets kept out of the contest at times.""
- ""“He’s opened his mouth all year, he’s been the best receiver in the game in the goalsquare — the old Joe the Goose. But when it counted about getting out there and winning your own ball in pressure situations, he fell short,” Walls said.""