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English
Etymology
From goal + tend.
Verb
goaltend (third-person singular simple present goaltends, present participle goaltending, simple past and past participle goaltended)
(intransitive)
- (basketball) To engage in goaltending, interference with the ball on its downward path to the basket
2004, Rick Teland, Heaven is a Playground, →ISBN, page 108:Amazingly, of Fly's first eight shots two are blocked, three go in, and three are goaltended.
- (ice hockey) To act as a goaltender, to tend goal, to mind the nets.
Synonyms
(ice hockey):
Translations
basketball: interference with the ball on its downward path to the basket
ice hockey: act as a goaltender