goalball

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noun

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.

UncommonScrabble 11

Meanings

noungoalball (countable and uncountable, plural goalballs)

plural goalballs

  1. 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
  2. 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
APA

goalball. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/goalball

MLA

“goalball.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/goalball. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “goalball,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/goalball.

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