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Definition of GOAT noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

GOAT

noun
 
/ɡəʊt/
 
/ɡəʊt/
[singular] (informal)
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  1. the best person ever in a particular field, especially a sport (the abbreviation for greatest of all time)
    • There's no doubt he's the GOAT, but someone's going to beat him one day.
    Topics Sports: ball and racket sportsc2, Games and toysc2
    Word Origin1990s: acronym from Greatest of All Time: the full expression was used by the boxer Muhammad Ali in the 1960s in reference to himself.
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