Goliath

[ guh-lahy-uh th ]

/ gəˈlaɪ əθ /

the giant warrior of the Philistines whom David killed with a stone from a sling. I Sam. 17:48–51.

(usually lowercase) a giant.

(usually lowercase) a very large, powerful, or influential person or thing: a neighborhood grocery competing against the supermarket goliaths.

Example sentences from the Web for 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 |DAILY BEAST
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 |DAILY BEAST
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 |DAILY BEAST
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 |DAILY BEAST

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 |DAILY BEAST
Goliath, it must be explained, was not killed, since death would involve explanations beyond the comprehension of H. 3rd.

Seeing Things at Night |Heywood Broun
Suddenly she snatched at the paper so violently that Goliath went tobogganing off with a protesting "meouw."

The Boarded-Up House |Augusta Huiell Seaman
Goliath had hard work to keep up with him, but he managed it.

Tom Slade's Double Dare |Percy Keese Fitzhugh
If Goliath the champion and the general be overcome, the common soldiers are not like to overcome us.

A Christian Directory (Volume 1 of 4) |Richard Baxter
In the library, Joyce picked up the paper that had been discovered through the help of Goliath, and looked it over curiously.

The Boarded-Up House |Augusta Huiell Seaman

Goliath

/ (ɡəˈlaɪəθ) /

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)