foul+play

  • 71play — I n. stage presentation 1) to present, produce, put on, stage; revive; write a play 2) to perform; rehearse a play 3) to review a play 4) to criticize, pan (colloq.) a play 5) a miracle; morality; mystery; nativity; one act; passion play 6) a… …

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  • 72To fall foul — Foul Foul (foul), a. [Compar. Fouler ( [ e]r); superl. {Foulest}.] [OE. foul, ful, AS. f[=u]l; akin to D. vuil, G. faul rotten, OHG. f[=u]l, Icel. f[=u]l foul, fetid; Dan. fuul, Sw. ful foul, Goth. f[=u]ls fetid, Lith. puti to be putrid, L.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 73To fall foul of — Foul Foul (foul), a. [Compar. Fouler ( [ e]r); superl. {Foulest}.] [OE. foul, ful, AS. f[=u]l; akin to D. vuil, G. faul rotten, OHG. f[=u]l, Icel. f[=u]l foul, fetid; Dan. fuul, Sw. ful foul, Goth. f[=u]ls fetid, Lith. puti to be putrid, L.… …

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  • 74To make foul water — Foul Foul (foul), a. [Compar. Fouler ( [ e]r); superl. {Foulest}.] [OE. foul, ful, AS. f[=u]l; akin to D. vuil, G. faul rotten, OHG. f[=u]l, Icel. f[=u]l foul, fetid; Dan. fuul, Sw. ful foul, Goth. f[=u]ls fetid, Lith. puti to be putrid, L.… …

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  • 75To run foul of — Foul Foul (foul), a. [Compar. Fouler ( [ e]r); superl. {Foulest}.] [OE. foul, ful, AS. f[=u]l; akin to D. vuil, G. faul rotten, OHG. f[=u]l, Icel. f[=u]l foul, fetid; Dan. fuul, Sw. ful foul, Goth. f[=u]ls fetid, Lith. puti to be putrid, L.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 76Foul tip — In baseball, a foul tip is a batted ball that goes sharp and direct from the bat to the catcher’s hands and is legally caught. It is not a foul tip unless caught and any foul tip that is caught is a strike, and the ball is in play. It is not a… …

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  • 77foul — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ blatant (esp. BrE), clear (BrE), deliberate, flagrant (AmE), nasty (esp. BrE) ▪ hard, offensive, personal …

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  • 78foul tip — noun : a pitched ball in baseball that is slightly deflected by the bat; specifically : a tipped pitch legally caught by the catcher and counting as a full strike with the ball remaining in play * * * Baseball. a pitched ball that glances off the …

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  • 79foul — adjective 1》 offensive to the senses.     ↘informal very disagreeable or unpleasant.     ↘(of the weather) wet and stormy. 2》 morally offensive; wicked or obscene.     ↘done contrary to the rules of a sport. 3》 polluted or contaminated.… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 80foul out — 1. noun a) An instance of fouling out. A foul out was recorded on the scorecard. b) An instance of fouling out. His foul out sat poorly with the crowd. 2. verb a) To become out by hi …

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