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goalkeep

goalkeep noun: a goalkeeper or goaltender.

Noun

goalkeep (plural goalkeeps)

  1. (colloquial) A goalkeeper or goaltender.

Verb

goalkeep (third-person singular simple present goalkeeps, present participle goalkeeping, simple past and past participle goalkept)

  1. (intransitive) To goaltend.
    • By rights I ought to have been lolling in bed this morning, but Nancy was ill and I had to goalkeep for the Second.2011, Eilidh Nisbet, Giddy Old School: The Diary of a Swot 1948-1951, page 268

Forms of goalkeep

Noun
pluralgoalkeeps
Verb
third-person singular presentgoalkeeps
present participlegoalkeeping
past participlegoalkept
pastgoalkept

Origin of goalkeep

From goal + keep.

Questions about goalkeep

What does goalkeep mean?
Goalkeep means a goalkeeper or goaltender.
What part of speech is goalkeep?
Goalkeep can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of goalkeep?
The plural of goalkeep is goalkeeps.

Words near goalkeep in the dictionary

  1. goalied
  2. goalieing
  3. goalies
  4. goaling
  5. goalish
  6. goalkeep
  7. goalkeeper
  8. goalkeepers
  9. goalkeeping
  10. goalkeeps
  11. goalkept

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