"shot stopper" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: shot stoppers [plural], shot-stopper [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} shot stopper (plural shot stoppers)
  1. (soccer, colloquial) A goalkeeper. More specifically refers to the ability to make saves, as opposed to other areas of goalkeeping like distribution and coming off the line. Tags: colloquial

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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