foul : Idioms & Phrases

• . (Naut.) See under Anchor.

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• noun (baseball) a ball struck with the bat so that it does not stay between the lines (the foul lines) that define the width of the playing field
  

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• (Baseball), a ball that first strikes the ground outside of the foul ball lines, or rolls outside of certain limits.

Webster 1913

• (Baseball), lines from the home base, through the first and third bases, to the boundary of the field.

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• (Naut.), a berth in which a ship is in danger of fouling another vesel.

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• a certificate, duly authenticated, that a ship has come from a place where a contagious disorder prevails, or that some of the crew are infected.

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• a rough draught, with erasures and corrections; opposed to fair or clean copy. "Some writers boast of negligence, and others would be ashamed to show their foul copies." Cowper.

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• noun a line from which basketball players take penalty shots
  
• noun a line across a bowling alley that a bowler must not cross
  
• noun lines through 1st and 3rd base indicating the boundaries of a baseball field
  

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• verb baseball: hit a ball such that it is caught from an out in foul territory
  

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• noun unfair or dishonest behavior (especially involving violence)
  

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• an uncorrected proof; a proof containing an excessive quantity of errors.

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• noun an unhindered basketball shot from the foul line; given to penalize the other team for committing a foul
  penalty free throw; charity toss; charity shot; free throw; charity throw.
  

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• (Baseball), a strike by the batsman when any part of his person is outside of the lines of his position.

Webster 1913

• verb make a mess of, destroy or ruin
  muck up; blow; botch up; botch; bollix; fumble; mishandle; bollocks; bumble; ball up; bobble; bollocks up; spoil; bollix up; fuck up; fluff; flub; bodge; muff; louse up; mess up; screw up; bungle.
  
  • I botched the dinner and we had to eat out
  • the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement

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• adjective satellite using foul or obscene language
  foul-mouthed.
  
  • noisy foul-mouthed women all shouting at once

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Foul"-mouthed` adjective

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1. Using language scurrilous, opprobrious, obscene, or profane; abusive.

   So foul-mouthed a witness never appeared in any cause. Addison.

Webster 1913

• adjective satellite offensively malodorous
  stinking; foul; foetid; funky; smelly; noisome; fetid; ill-scented.
  
  • a foul odor
  • the kitchen smelled really funky

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• adjective satellite using foul or obscene language
  foul-mouthed.
  
  • noisy foul-mouthed women all shouting at once

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Foul"-spo`ken adjective

Definitions

1. Using profane, scurrilous, slanderous, or obscene language. Shak.

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• noun an embarrassing mistake
  botch; boo-boo; flub; blooper; blunder; pratfall; boner; fuckup; bungle; bloomer.
  

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• noun protective garment that is intended to keep the wearer dry and warm in bad weather
  

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• noun a foul that involves unnecessarily rough contact (as in basketball or football)
  

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• noun (basketball) a foul that can be assessed on a player or a coach or a team for unsportsmanlike conduct; does not usually involve physical contact during play
  technical.
  

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• . See under Fall.

Webster 1913

• to fall out; to quarrel. Obs. "If they be any ways offended, they fall foul." Burton.

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• . (a) (Naut.) To have a collision with; to become entangled with (b) To attack; to make an assault upon.

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• to sail in such shallow water that the ship's keel stirs the mud at the bottom.

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