ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Goalball

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Goalball is a noun meaning (countable) The ball used in the sport.

Meaning

(countable) The ball used in the sport.

More Meanings

  1. (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.

Example Sentences

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.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include torball, goalballer, handball, codeball, boccia, kin-ball.

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