Meanings
plural goalballs
- countableuncountabledisabilityhobbiesA 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 - countableThe ball used in the sport.
Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 盲人門球 /盲人门球
- 盲人門球 /盲人门球 (mángrén ménqiú)ball game
Danish goalball
- goalballball game
Finnish maalipallo
- maalipalloball game
French goalball
- goalballball game
Hungarian csörgőlabda
- csörgőlabdaball game
Japanese ゴールボール
- ゴールボール (gōrubōru)ball game
Korean 골볼
- 골볼 (golbol)ball game
Spanish golbol
- golbolball game
Cite this entry
goalball. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/goalball
“goalball.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/goalball. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “goalball,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/goalball.
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