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goalie

UK/ˈɡəʊl.i/US/ˈɡoʊli/

goalie noun: a goalkeeper or goaltender.

Noun

goalie (plural goalies)

  1. (colloquial) A goalkeeper or goaltender.

Verb

goalie (third-person singular simple present goalies, present participle goalieing, simple past and past participle goalied)

  1. (colloquial, intransitive) To act as a goalie, to tend the goals, to mind the net.

goalie meaning in Hindi, Malayalam, Punjabi and Indonesian

goalie in Hindi

colloquial form of goalkeeper or goaltender
गोली golī, गोल रक्षक gol rakṣak, गोलकीपर golkīpar

goalie in Malayalam

ഗോൾവേട്ടക്കാരൻ

goalie in Punjabi

ਗੋਲ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲਾ

goalie in Indonesian

colloquial form of goalkeeper or goaltender
penjaga gawang, kiper

Synonyms of goalie

All synonyms of goalie

Forms of goalie

Noun
pluralgoalies
Verb
third-person singular presentgoalies
present participlegoalieing
past participlegoalied
pastgoalied

Origin of goalie

Clipping of goalkeeper or goaltender + -ie.

Words formed from goalie

Words that rhyme with goalie

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Questions about goalie

What does goalie mean?
Goalie means a goalkeeper or goaltender.
What is goalie in Hindi?
Goalie in Hindi is गोली (golī), गोल रक्षक (gol rakṣak), गोलकीपर (golkīpar). See Goalie meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is goalie?
Goalie can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce goalie?
Goalie is pronounced /ˈɡəʊl.i/ (UK).
What is the plural of goalie?
The plural of goalie is goalies.

Words near goalie in the dictionary

  1. goalfests
  2. goalframe
  3. goalframes
  4. goalhanger
  5. goalhangers
  6. goalie
  7. goalied
  8. goalieing
  9. goalies
  10. goaling
  11. goalish

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: goalie (page history and authors); goalie (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); goalie (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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