Usually means: Scoring accidentally against one's team.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word own goal:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. own goal: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. own goal: Merriam-Webster
  3. own goal: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. own goal: Collins English Dictionary
  5. own goal: Vocabulary.com
  6. own-goal: Wordnik
  7. own goal: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. own goal: Wiktionary
  9. own goal: Dictionary.com
  10. Own Goal, Own-goal, Own goal: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. own goal: Rhymezone
  12. own goal: FreeDictionary.org
  13. own goal: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. own goal: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. own goal: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See own_goals as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (own goal)

noun:  (sports) A goal that results from a player putting the ball or puck into the goal of their own team; the resulting goal being scored for the opposition.
noun:  (figuratively) A blunder that damages one’s own prospects.

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