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goalball

goalball noun: a ball game, designed for the blind, in which teams of three players attempt to throw a ball with bells embedded in it into the opposing goal.

goalball: a ball game, designed for the blind, in which teams of three players attempt to throw a ball with...
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Noun

goalball (countable and uncountable, plural goalballs)

  1. (disability) A ball game, designed for the blind, in which teams of three players attempt to throw a ball with bells embedded in it into the opposing goal.
    • And a blind athlete, Qasim Muttar, who was a promising player of goalball — soccer played with a ball that contains bells — died after being run over by an American convoy while crossing a street.2008 June 29, Andrew E. Kramer, “Athletes Disabled by Wars Lead Iraqi Team in World Games”, in New York Times
  2. (countable) The ball used in the sport.

Forms of goalball

pluralgoalballs

Origin of goalball

From goal + ball.

Words formed from goalball

Questions about goalball

What does goalball mean?
Goalball means a ball game, designed for the blind, in which teams of three players attempt to throw a ball with bells embedded in it into the opposing goal.
What part of speech is goalball?
Goalball is a noun.
What is the plural of goalball?
The plural of goalball is goalballs.

Words near goalball in the dictionary

  1. goal-setting
  2. goal-suck
  3. goalazo
  4. goalazoes
  5. goalazos
  6. goalball
  7. goalballer
  8. goalballers
  9. goalbound
  10. goalbox
  11. goalboxes

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