Goalbound

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Likely to enter the goal, but for the intervention of defenders and the goalkeeper. not-comparable

    "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."

Example

More examples

"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."

Etymology

From goal + -bound.

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