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GK

GK is the initialism of goalkeeper.

Meaning of goalkeeper

Noun

goalkeeper (plural goalkeepers)

  1. A designated player that attempts to prevent the opposing team from scoring by protecting a goal.
    • Krohn-Dehli took advantage of a lucky bounce of the ball after a battling run on the left flank by Simon Poulsen, dummied two defenders and shot low through goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg's legs after 24 minutes.2012 June 9, Owen Phillips, “Euro 2012: Netherlands 0-1 Denmark”, in BBC Sport

Proper noun capitalized: Gk

Gk

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Greek.

Forms of GK

pluralGKs

Questions about GK

What is GK the initialism of?
GK is the initialism of goalkeeper.
What part of speech is GK?
GK is a proper noun.

Words near GK in the dictionary

  1. gjinka
  2. Gjirokastër
  3. Gjoa Haven
  4. Gjógv
  5. Gjøvik
  6. GK
  7. Gk.
  8. GKs
  9. gl
  10. GL2U
  11. GLA

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Adapted from Wiktionary: GK (page history and authors); Gk (page history and authors); goalkeeper (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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