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goal•tend•ing

Pronunciation: (gōl'ten"ding), [key]
—n.
1. goalkeeping.
2. Basketball.any of several violations that prevent a goal from being scored, occurring when a player interferes with a shot by touching the ball on its downward flight to the basket or while it is over, on, or within the rim of the basket.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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