1
archaic
: a bowl-shaped drinking vessel without handles
2
: a drinking vessel (as of glass) with a foot and stem compare tumbler
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Some examples include variations of squats such as bodyweight squats, goblet squats and barbell squats.
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Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025
Up to 4,000 years ago in the Yellow River Valley, craftspeople were smelting tin, copper and lead into bronze goblets, and Shang dynasty nobles drank rice wine from these ornate cups.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Feb. 2025
The women start to squirm when Silky Johnson (Dave Chappelle) comes out in a mink coat holding a golden goblet.
—Lynette Rice, Deadline, 18 Jan. 2025
There are just seven: Push (like with a chest press), pull (a row), hinge (a Romanian deadlift), squat (a goblet squat), single-leg (a reverse lunge), rotate (a wood-chop), and core stability (a plank).
—Christa Sgobba, SELF, 7 Jan. 2025
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Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025
Up to 4,000 years ago in the Yellow River Valley, craftspeople were smelting tin, copper and lead into bronze goblets, and Shang dynasty nobles drank rice wine from these ornate cups.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Feb. 2025
The women start to squirm when Silky Johnson (Dave Chappelle) comes out in a mink coat holding a golden goblet.
—Lynette Rice, Deadline, 18 Jan. 2025
There are just seven: Push (like with a chest press), pull (a row), hinge (a Romanian deadlift), squat (a goblet squat), single-leg (a reverse lunge), rotate (a wood-chop), and core stability (a plank).
—Christa Sgobba, SELF, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Goblet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/goblet. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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goblet
noun
gob·let
ˈgäb-lət 
: a drinking glass with a foot and stem
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