fouladjective
uk/faʊl/us/faʊl/C1 extremely unpleasant:
C1 Foul speech or other language is offensive, rude, or shocking:
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Serious and unpleasant
- abominable
- abysmal
- apocalyptic
- appalling
- awfully
- belief
- ghastly
- grim
- grisly
- grotesque
- gruesome
- hate
- noxious
- repulsive
- revolting
- rotten
- shitty
- shocking
- stinking
- wretched
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foulnoun [ C ]
uk/faʊl/us/faʊl/C2 an act that is against the rules of a sport:
in baseball, a ball that has been hit outside the playing area
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General terms used in ball sports
- aggregate score
- assist
- attack
- back pass
- bobble
- center circle
- chip
- goalless
- holding
- layoff
- long ball
- man on! idiom
- man-to-man defense
- man-to-man marking
- overarm
- set piece
- shoot
- sidespin
- unplayable
- wrong-foot
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foulverb
uk/faʊl/us/faʊl/foul verb (SPORT)
[ I or T ] to do something against the rules of a sport
[ I or T ] in baseball, to hit a ball outside the playing area
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General terms used in ball sports
- aggregate score
- assist
- attack
- back pass
- bobble
- center circle
- chip
- goalless
- holding
- layoff
- long ball
- man on! idiom
- man-to-man defense
- man-to-man marking
- overarm
- set piece
- shoot
- sidespin
- unplayable
- wrong-foot
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foul verb (MAKE DIRTY)
[ T ] formal to spoil or damage something by making it dirty:
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Making things dirty & untidy
- blacken
- clutter
- contaminate
- defile
- dirty
- disarrange
- mess
- mired
- mix
- mix sth up
- muddle
- muddle sth up
- muddy
- muss
- pollute
- polluter
- soil
- stain
- tarnish
- the polluter pays principle idiom
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