Meanings
- uncountableThe art of a goalkeeper.
1 more example
Karius has too much previous for this to be considered a one-off and, as goalkeeping mistakes go, his errors in the 51st and 83rd minutes were as bad as one another. In fact, they were not just bad. They were appalling, so wretched it was difficult to recall a worse goalkeeping performance in any major final through the years.
2018 May 26, Daniel Taylor, “Liverpool go through after Mohamed Salah stops Manchester City fightback”, in The Guardian (London)Synonyms: goaltending, netminding
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of goalkeep
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe art of a goalkeeper.
Translations
Icelandic markvarsla
- markvarslaart of a goalkeeper
Turkish kalecilik
- kalecilikart of a goalkeeper
Cite this entry
goalkeeping. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/goalkeeping
“goalkeeping.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/goalkeeping. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “goalkeeping,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/goalkeeping.
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