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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
goalie
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But in his next match he was sent off for twice attacking the goalie.
▪ How much time does a goalie have to react after a shot is taken?
▪ San Jose goalie Chris Terreri stopped Perreault with a pad save.
▪ The only man that glittered like gold on Saturday though, was goalie Hammond.
▪ The other goal in that match is quite amusing as well when he chips the goalie.
▪ This season a new law was introduced, evidently, concerning the passing back to goalies.
▪ Veteran goalie Mike Vernon, the offseason acquisition made to return stability to the San Jose goal, was off his game.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
goalie

1921, from goal + -ie. Probably a shortening of goal-tender (1909), which tends to be the term used in ice hockey, as opposed to goal-keeper (1650s).

Wiktionary
goalie

n. (context sports colloquial English) A goalkeeper or goaltender.

WordNet
goalie
  1. n. the soccer or hockey player assigned to protect the goal [syn: goalkeeper, goaltender, netkeeper, netminder]

  2. the defensive position on an ice hockey or soccer or lacrosse team who stands in front of the goal and tries to prevent opposing players from scoring [syn: goalkeeper, goaltender, netkeeper]

Usage examples of "goalie".

The goalie has a big area to cover but in two quick steps he can reach any ball aimed at the goal.

At the counter, Rip, Goalie, and Buster were having their last cup of coffee, already wondering what was going to be on TV that night.

He had to spread his knees wide to fit them under the counter, but Goalie was so short, his feet dangled.

Even Rip and Goalie were there with their grandchildren, seated on the top row beside Buster who was eating a wad of blue cotton candy.

He placed the ball eleven paces from the goal, while the goalie, crouched and staring, nervously licked his lips.

He began moving toward the ball, running slowly at first, waddling like a duck because his legs were a little crooked, and he also moved them in a special way to keep the goalie from guessing which leg he would kick with.

Finishing their three-on-two drills, Michael and the rest of the guys formed a circle and started shooting at the goalie to help warm him up.

Were it not for their goalie, Pierre LaRouche, the Blades would be out of it completely.

In the last two min-utes of play, New York pulled their goalie for an extra skater.

He took his place between the pipes and whacked his goalie stick on the poles to his left and right.

The book had gone into detail about the bad boy goalie, claiming he had the quickest hands on and off the ice.

She found her place behind the goalie cage just as the Chinooks stepped onto the ice.

Because a goalie could not do time in the sin bin, Bruce Fish took his place.

Both teams kept up the frenetic pace until the very end, when Chinooks goalie Luc Martineau denied the Coyotes a smoker from the blue line.

Two of his teammates and the goalie coach, Don Boclair, joined him in a game of poker.