goalie

«goalie» in Mova's school dictionary: the player who stands in the goal and tries to stop the… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a goalie, goalies)

meaning for a pupil

A goalie is the player who stands in the goal and tries to stop the ball or puck from going in; it is a short, friendly word for goalkeeper. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in sports such as football (soccer), hockey, ice hockey, handball, netball and water polo. In PE and playground games children take turns as goalie. In stories the goalie often makes a great save or lets in a goal at the last moment. Phrases: play in goal, the goalie saved it, beat the goalie, goalie gloves.

examples

• Sam was goalie for our team at lunchtime. tree →
• The goalie dived and saved the penalty. tree →
• In ice hockey the goalie wears thick pads. tree →
• She kicked the ball past the goalie into the corner of the net. tree →
• Our goalie wears special gloves to grip the ball. tree →
• Nobody wanted to be goalie, so we took turns. tree →
• The goalie shouted to tell the defenders where to stand. tree →

note

Informal word; the full word is «goalkeeper» (UK football) or «goaltender» (ice hockey, North America). Plural goalies. Also spelled «goaly» rarely. In football only the goalie may handle the ball, and only inside their own penalty area.

In the corpora

• A cricket or hockey ball is hard enough to break bones, so close fielders and goalies wear helmets and pads.
• Best goalie ever!» They had always kept away from him in the playground.
• A tired brain reacts more slowly and makes worse choices, which keepers, goalies and batters notice first.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «goalie» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.