goaltend

English

Etymology

From goal +‎ tend.

Verb

goaltend (third-person singular simple present goaltends, present participle goaltending, simple past and past participle goaltended) (intransitive)

1. (basketball) To engage in goaltending, interference with the ball on its downward path to the basket
   • 2004, Rick Teland, Heaven is a Playground‎^[1], →ISBN, page 108:

     Amazingly, of Fly's first eight shots two are blocked, three go in, and three are goaltended.

2. (ice hockey) To act as a goaltender, to tend goal, to mind the nets.

Synonyms

• tend goal

(ice hockey):

• goalie
• goalkeep
• netmind

Related terms

• goaltender
• goaltending
• tend goal

Translations

basketball: interference with the ball on its downward path to the basket

• Spanish: hacer un tapón ilegal, taponar ilegalmente

ice hockey: act as a goaltender