goaltend

English

verb
Definitions
  • (basketball) To engage in goaltending, interference with the ball on its downward path to the basket
  • (ice hockey) To act as a goaltender, to tend goal, to mind the nets.

Etymology

Compound from English goal + English tend.

Origin

English

tend

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