to foul
6
4.2
- verb
- /faʊl/
- US
:
batear un foul
- It is difficult to foul off pitches to yourself, but I managed to do it.
- foul off a pitch
- foul the ball
- foul off a fastball
So she's striking out on the samples, she's foul balling on the caskets, and here I am knowing no other baseball metaphor.
- So she's striking out on the samples, she's foul balling on the caskets, and here I am knowing no other baseball metaphor.
Examples
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Let the record note that I fouled a pitch off the greatest strikeout pitcher ever—a very proud moment.
Blog text (22) -
After fouling off two pitches, the batter hit a looping line drive toward shallow left field.
Fiction book (1998) -
Foul off the foot of Ibanez...
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Frank takes a big swing... contact... the ball fouls back behind the plate.
Fiction book (2000) -
Foul ball up the first baseline, and it is two strikes.
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And he's good at fouling pitches off.
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The batter fouls the first pitch; the ball jumps high off the edge of the bat, close enough to almost touch.
Fiction book (2000) -
His next pitch was a fastball, but slightly slower than the first one, and I swung at it, fouling the pitch straight back.
Fiction book (1996) -
Zim and Morse fouled off several fastballs in the zone (you could hear Carp and FP groaning).
Blog text (5) -
With a quick swing, the player fouled the ball off to the left side of the field.
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Compounds
- Jargon
7
4.3
A penalty called for bad behaviour during play that gives the other team a free throw
- Specialized
6
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
Surface Forms
Etymology
Foul as a verb in baseball — to hit the ball outside the fair zone — comes from the idea of being 'not right' or 'off target' from old English fūl, so to foul a ball is to make it land where it does not count.