Showing results for goalwards. Search instead for gabbards.

goalwards

British

/ ˈɡəʊlwədz /

adverb

soccer toward or in the direction of the opposing team's goal

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

goalwards

James Albery then picked a fine moment to register his first senior goal for GB, slapping the ball goalwards and seeing it diverted beyond the French keeper.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2024

Sophie Howard is in at the back post and heads it goalwards but it's a comfortable catch for the Serbian keeper.

From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2024

Brogan Hay and Lisa Evans link up well down the right-hand side and Evans floats one goalwards but Katana Norman in the red of Philippines is there to head it away.

From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2024

Harrison’s low cross rebounds to Firpo, who whacks goalwards from 12 yards.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 5, 2022

He turns Dallas inside out down the left, and cuts back from the byline for Kulusevski, who can’t force a shot goalwards from six yards, but wins a corner.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 26, 2022

Random Word

Spin the wheel and learn a new word!

Get a word

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023