goalball
English
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editgoalball (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
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editBorrowed from English goalball.
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editgoalball m (uncountable)
Italian
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editBorrowed from English goalball.
Noun
editgoalball m (uncountable)
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