Usually means: Blocking a shot above rim.
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General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. goaltending: Merriam-Webster
  2. goaltending: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. goaltending: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. goaltending: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Goaltending, goaltending: Wordnik
  6. goaltending: Wiktionary
  7. goaltending: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. goaltending: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. goaltending: Dictionary.com
  10. Goaltending: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. goaltending: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. goaltending: Urban Dictionary

Sports (2 matching dictionaries)
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  2. Goaltending: Sports Definitions

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noun:  (basketball) A violation which occurs when a player interferes with the movement of the ball that is on its downward path toward the basket or on or within the rim of the basket, or after the ball touched the backboard.
noun:  (ice hockey) The activity of a goaltender.

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