goalball

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goalball

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From goal + ball.

noun goalballs

  1. countable, uncountable 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. 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.
  2. countable The ball used in the sport.

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noun ball game

Españolgolbol
한국어골볼 golbol
日本語ゴールボール gōrubōru
中文盲人門球 /盲人门球 mángrén ménqiú
Françaisgoalball

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MLA

"goalball." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/goalball. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

goalball. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/goalball

Chicago

"goalball." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/goalball.

BibTeX
@misc{goalball_2026,
  title = {goalball},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/goalball},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}