Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
goliath-beetle . - noun In ornithology, the giant heron, Ardea goliath, of Africa.
- noun In mech., a form of crane of exceptional power.
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- proper noun biblical A
giant famous for his battle withDavid . - proper noun figuratively Any large person or thing; someone or something that is abnormally large or powerful.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful
- noun (Old Testament) a giant Philistine warrior who was slain by David with a slingshot
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Examples
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Ballmer using the term Goliath when referring to Google.
Joe Duck 2008
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Currently in the works, War of the Worlds Goliath is a sequel to War of the Worlds, pitting giant, steam-powered Tripod battle machines against the Martians.
Archive 2009-06-01 2009
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It would be nice to see how Goliath is paying and feeding their ‘army’.
Balloon Juice » Blog Archive » $3.47 billion spent. Did you get a pony? 2010
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My Goliath is so comfy I can sleep in it without fear.
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Sorry The Goliath is just too much for me to lug up into a tree.
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War of the Worlds: Goliath is a straight-to-DVD sequel of the H.G. Wells classic and billed as an "animated steampunk epic".
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My Goliath is so comfy I can sleep in it without fear.
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A Goliath is a tank, and Dvd uses something that looks suspiciously like a rocket launcher.
kateelliott: Kings kateelliott 2009
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Sorry The Goliath is just too much for me to lug up into a tree.
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Goliath is a comedy with a dash of drama, though the film leans mostly to the hilarious side of things (albeit, more often deadpan antics ala The Office).
Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat 2008
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