goalkeep

noun, verb — 2 senses

goalkeep

noun

Etymology From goal + keep.

1

Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports Colloquial A goalkeeper or goaltender.

goalkeep

verb

Etymology From goal + keep.

1

Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports To goaltend.

  • By rights I ought to have been lolling in bed this morning, but Nancy was ill and I had to goalkeep for the Second.2011, Eilidh Nisbet, Giddy Old School: The Diary of a Swot 1948-1951, page 268:

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