Phrase Hound found 57 phrases and 39 compound words that contain foul. The most common are listed below. Open foul in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 57
- foul playUnfair, unethical, or criminal behavior, especially of a malicious or violent nature.
- foul languageProfane or socially unacceptable words.
- foul lineA line from which a player takes a free throw
- foul upTo make a mistake, to go wrong.
- offensive foulA foul committed by a member of the team with possession of the ball.
- technical foulAny infraction of the rules penalized as a foul which does not involve physical contact during the course of play between players on the court, or is a foul by a nonplayer.
- foul outTo become out by hitting a foul ball which is caught.
- foul ballA batted ball that lands in foul territory.
- foul-mouthedTending to use obscene or offensive language; to have a foul mouth.
- foul anchorAn anchor which has become entangled or caught up in something, or an image of this.
- foul tipa foul ball which glances off the bat and continues back with only a moderate change in direction
- foul-smellingHaving an unpleasant odor.
- foul windA wind blowing against the direction of travel.
- foul one's own nestTo damage one's environment.
- by fair means or foulBy any means necessary, not excluding dirty tricks.
- foul poleOne of the two poles marking the area inside which a fair ball may be hit. It stands above a foul line.
- foul shotA free throw.
- foul shotsplural of foul shot: A free throw.
- foul territoryThe area outside the playing field beyond the first base and third base lines, including the grandstand.
- foul troubleThe situation of a player who has committed enough fouls to be almost at the point of fouling out and disqualification.
- personal foulA breach of the rules in certain sports, particularly involving dangerous play.
- professional foulAn intentional foul, usually committed to prevent a scoring opportunity.
- fall foulTo collide; to conflict with; to attack (+ on, of, upon)
- foul martenSynonym of polecat: Any of several long-bodied mammals of the subfamilies Mustelinae and Ictonychinae, both in the weasel family Mustelidae.
- foul fishA kelt or salmon, which, having spawned, still remains in the fresh water before effecting its annual migration to the sea.
Compound words 39
- filthDirt; foul matter; that which soils or defiles.
- afoulIn a state of collision or entanglement.
- FoulnessAn island on the east coast of Essex where the Thames estuary joins the North Sea.
- befoulTo make foul; to soil; to contaminate, pollute.
- foulmouthA foul-mouthed person; one who uses obscene language.
- antifoulAntifouling.
- foulsomeCharacterised or marked by foulness or filth; filthy; (by extension) wretched.
- foulbroodA bacterial disease of bees.
- unfoulTo free (something snagged or fouled).
- foulableCapable of becoming fouled.