goalball
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goalball (countable and uncountable, plural goalballs)
- (disability, sports) 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.
- 2008 June 29, Andrew E. Kramer, “Athletes Disabled by Wars Lead Iraqi Team in World Games”, in New York Times[1]:
- 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.
- (countable) The ball used in the sport
Translations edit
ball game
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French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English goalball.
Noun edit
goalball m (uncountable)
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English goalball.
Noun edit
goalball m (uncountable)