goalkeep

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noun

A goalkeeper or goaltender.

Scrabble 15
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Meanings

noungoalkeep (plural goalkeeps)

plural goalkeeps

  1. colloquialhobbiesA goalkeeper or goaltender.
verbgoalkeep (third-person singular simple present goalkeeps, present participle goalkeeping, simple past and past participle goalkept)

present singular third person goalkeeps · participle present goalkeeping · participle past goalkept · past goalkept

  1. intransitivehobbiesTo goaltend.

    By rights I ought to have been lolling in bed this morning, but Nancy was ill and I had to goalkeep for the Second.

    2011, Eilidh Nisbet, Giddy Old School: The Diary of a Swot 1948-1951, page 268

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
goaliegoaltend

Origin

From goal + keep.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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