foul
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1.8
- noun
- /faʊl/
:
falta
- The referee called a foul after the player tripped his opponent.
- technical foul
- commit a foul
- give a technical foul
It's a little flagrant, you know, flagrant foul.
- It's a little flagrant, you know, flagrant foul.
- The flagrant in the US They, they, you get things called the flagrant foul.
- I just remember when the World Cup was happening, a group of people were so mad at the referee for calling a foul on their team or a penalty on their team.
- I want to see how many turnovers I had, how many missed free throws and how many fouls I had, He goes.
- Without those guardrails, it's like trying to play a professional basketball game without referees and having players call their own fouls.
- That's a personal foul, totally necessary roughness.
Examples
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That's a personal foul, totally necessary roughness.
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When I tell you Reggie Miller got away with one of the worst offensive fouls I've ever seen in my life.
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Referee has given the foul.
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No, look, that's a technical foul on that.
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And then their rate of technical fouls and aggression increased, OK.
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The defenders were arranged such that one was at the foul line and the other beneath the basket.
Fiction book (1990) -
I was called for a foul, but the ref didn't toss me out.
Fiction book (1993) -
In basketball, there is now a stiffer penalty for an intentional foul at certain times in a game.
Academic text (1995) -
He draws the foul!
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The catcher looks a little baffled as Dave strides across the foul line with a grin on his face.
Fiction book (1993)
Synonyms
418
4.1
Breaking a law, rule, agreement, or someone's rights
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4.3
A penalty called for bad behaviour during play that gives the other team a free throw
6
3.8
A rule break in sport when a player makes illegal rough contact with an opponent
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3.5
A rule break when a player is in a position not allowed in football or hockey
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3.7
An action by a player that breaks the game's rules and gets a penalty
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5.5
Illegally touching the ball as it falls toward the basket or after it hits the backboard
An action that breaks the rules in a sport and gives a penalty
Antonyms
16
3.0
Honest behavior that treats everyone the same and follows the rules in sport or competition
Idioms
Compounds
- Jargon
7
4.3
A penalty called for bad behaviour during play that gives the other team a free throw
- Specialized
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3.8
A rule break in sport when a player makes illegal rough contact with an opponent
- Specialized
3
2.6
A free throw in basketball taken from the line when an opponent breaks the rules
How Serious
Surface Forms
Etymology
Foul comes from an old English word fūl meaning 'rotten' or 'dirty'. From the idea of something being 'bad' or 'not right', people used it for actions that break the rules, so a foul is an action in a game that is 'not fair'.