goalball

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
16
Letters
8

Definition of goalball

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, 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.”
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noun

  1. (countable, 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.”
  2. (countable)The ball used in the sport.

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Etymology

From goal + ball.

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