foul
A breach of the rules of a game, especially one involving inappropriate contact with…A breach of the rules of a game, especially one involving inappropriate contact with an opposing player in order to gain an advantage; for example, tripping someone up in soccer, or contact of any kind in basketball.
» There's no sign of foul play.
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4 sensesA breach of the rules of a game, especially one involving inappropriate contact with an opposing player in order to gain an advantage; for example, tripping someone up in soccer, or contact of any kind in basketball.
A (usually accidental) contact between a bowler and the lane before the bowler has released the ball.
A foul ball, a ball which has been hit outside of the base lines.
Jones hit a foul up over the screen.
Foul, Regelverstoß
фолfol
A tangle or entanglement.
- an act that violates the rules of a sport
Examples
112 sentencesThere's no sign of foul play.
There's no evidence of foul play.
Tom is in a foul mood.
ruТом в плохом настроении. — marafon
deTom hat schlechte Laune. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Please watch out for foul balls.
Tom is in a foul mood today.
ruТом сегодня в плохом настроении. — odexed
deTom hat heute schlechte Laune. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
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Origin
Inherited from Middle English foulen, fulen, from Old English fūlian (“to become foul; rotInherited from Middle English foulen, fulen, from Old English fūlian (“to become foul; rot; decay”), from Proto-West Germanic *fūlēn, from Proto-Germanic *fūlāną (“to rot; decay”).
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