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goalball en · NOUN

Etymology

From goal + ball.

Meanings

1. (countable, qualifier:disability, uncountable) 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

Deriveds

goalballer

Translations (8)

fr goalball (ball game) · fi maalipallo (ball game) · ja ゴールボール (ball game) · hu csörgőlabda (ball game) · ko 골볼 (ball game) · es golbol (ball game) · da goalball (ball game) · cmn 盲人門球 /盲人门球 (ball game)