goalie

See also: Goalie

English

Etymology

Clipping of goalkeeper, goaltender + -ie.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɡəʊl.i/

• Audio (Canada):

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• Rhymes: -əʊli

Noun

goalie (plural goalies)

1. (sports, colloquial) A goalkeeper or goaltender.

   Synonyms: goalkeeper, goaltender, netminder

Derived terms

• goalieing
• emergency goalie
• rush goalie

Descendants

• → German: Goalie

Translations

See also goalkeeper for translations.

colloquial form of goalkeeper or goaltender

• Bulgarian: вратар (bg) m (vratar)
• Esperanto: golulo
• Finnish: veska (fi), veskari (fi), molari (fi), veräjänvartija
• French: gardien (fr) m, goaleur (fr) m (Québec)
• German: Goalie (de) m, (Swiss) Goali m

  Alemannic German: Gooli m

• Hindi: गोली (hi) m (golī), गोल रक्षक m (gol rakṣak), गोलकीपर m (golkīpar)
• Romanian: portar (ro) m
• Swedish: målis (sv) c

Verb

goalie (third-person singular simple present goalies, present participle goalieing, simple past and past participle goalied)

1. (ice hockey, colloquial, intransitive) To act as a goalie, to tend the goals, to mind the net.

   Synonyms: goalkeep, goaltend, netmind

Anagrams

• elogia, oilgae