goalie

Clipping of goalkeeper, goaltender + -ie.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɡəʊl.i/

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• Rhymes: -əʊli

goalie (plural goalies)

1. (sports, colloquial) A goalkeeper or goaltender.

   Synonyms: goalkeeper, goaltender, netminder

• goalieing
• emergency goalie
• rush goalie

• → German: Goalie

See also goalkeeper for translations.

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

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

   Synonyms: goalkeep, goaltend, netmind

• elogia, oilgae