Goliath









Goliath


Goliath [guh-lahy-uh th] Examples noun

  1. the giant warrior of the Philistines whom David killed with a stone from a sling. I Sam. 17:48–51.
  2. (usually lowercase) a giant.
  3. (usually lowercase) a very large, powerful, or influential person or thing: a neighborhood grocery competing against the supermarket goliaths.

Related Words for goliath mountain, whopper, titan, monster, behemoth, colossus, hulk, bulk, mammoth, elephant, whale, ogre, leviathan, Hercules, cyclops, jumbo Examples from the Web for goliath Contemporary Examples of goliath

  • This is what the Magic and the NBA are counting on—a Goliath everyone can love.

    Shaq, Year One

    Charles P. Pierce

    May 24, 2014

  • Wilt Chamberlain once pointed out that “nobody loves Goliath,” as an excuse for his enduring unpopularity.

    Shaq, Year One

    Charles P. Pierce

    May 24, 2014

  • On one side of this version of the classic David versus Goliath battle, we have “Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense.”

    The NRA’s Worst Nightmare Is America’s Moms

    Dean Obeidallah

    April 24, 2014

  • Even if you believe in giants, the story of Goliath was probably too good to be true.

    The King David You Never Knew

    Joel Baden

    October 27, 2013

  • How do the underdogs of the world like David beat a giant like Goliath?

    Malcolm Gladwell In Five Minutes: What to Know to Pretend You’ve Read the New Book

    Thomas Flynn

    October 5, 2013

  • Historical Examples of goliath

  • A Goliath o’ Gath, wha hath a stroke like untae a weaver’s beam.

    Micah Clarke

    Arthur Conan Doyle

  • He has the smooth cheeks o’ a wench, an’ limbs like Goliath o’ Gath.

    Micah Clarke

    Arthur Conan Doyle

  • In the meantime the tiny David had put the great Goliath to flight.

    The Cruise of the Dry Dock

    T. S. Stribling

  • He took part in the execution of Goliath Steinberg, the German spy.

    A Zola Dictionary

    J. G. Patterson

  • In this dialogue, the first speech of Goliath is simple vaunt.

    The Universal Reciter

    Various

  • British Dictionary definitions for goliath Goliath noun

    1. Old Testament a Philistine giant from Gath who terrorized the Hebrews until he was killed by David with a stone from his sling (I Samuel 17)

    Word Origin and History for goliath Goliath

    Late Latin Goliath, from Hebrew Golyath, name of the Philistine giant slain by David [I Sam. xvii].

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