goalbound

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

goal +‎ bound

Adjective[edit]

goalbound (not comparable)

  1. (soccer) Likely to enter the goal, but for the intervention of defenders and the goalkeeper.
    • 2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport‎[1]:
      Liverpool did have one moment of danger in the first half when Chelsea failed to clear Glen Johnson's cross and Branislav Ivanovic blocked Craig Bellamy's goalbound shot.
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