foul🔊

Covered with, or containing unclean matter; dirty.

(of words or a way of speaking) Obscene, vulgar or abusive.

Detestable, unpleasant, loathsome.

Disgusting, repulsive; causing disgust.

(obsolete) Ugly; homely; poor.

(of the weather) Unpleasant, stormy or rainy.

Dishonest or not conforming to the established rules and customs of a game, conflict, test, etc.

(nautical) Entangled and therefore restricting free movement, not clear.

(technical) Positioned on, in, or near enough to (a specified area) so as to obstruct it.

(baseball) Outside of the base lines; in foul territory.

To make dirty. +

To besmirch.

To obstruct, block or otherwise interfere with (something), for example by clogging (a drain, gun barrel, chimney, etc) or by being in the way of (a gunshot, etc).

(nautical) To entangle.

(basketball, soccer) To make contact with an opposing player in order to gain advantage.

(basketball, soccer) To commit a foul.

(baseball) To hit outside of the baselines.

(baseball) To hit a ball outside of the baselines.

To become clogged.

To become entangled.

To come into contact or collide with.

(sports) 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.

(bowling) A (usually accidental) contact between a bowler and the lane before the bowler has released the ball.

(baseball) A foul ball, a ball which has been hit outside of the base lines.