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▸ adjective: (of words or a way of speaking) Obscene, vulgar or abusive.
▸ adjective: Detestable, unpleasant, loathsome.
▸ adjective: Disgusting, repulsive; causing disgust.
▸ adjective: (obsolete) Ugly; homely; poor.
▸ adjective: Unpleasant, stormy or rainy. (of the weather)
▸ adjective: Dishonest or not conforming to the established rules and customs of a game, conflict, test, etc.
▸ adjective: (nautical) Entangled and therefore restricting free movement, not clear.
▸ adjective: (technical) (with "of") Positioned on, in, or near enough to (a specified area) so as to obstruct it.
▸ adjective: (baseball) Outside of the base lines; in foul territory.
▸ verb: (transitive) To make dirty.
▸ verb: (transitive) To besmirch.
▸ verb: (transitive) To clog or obstruct.
▸ verb: (transitive, nautical) To entangle.
▸ verb: (transitive, basketball, soccer) To make contact with an opposing player in order to gain advantage.
▸ verb: (intransitive, basketball, soccer) To commit a foul.
▸ verb: (transitive, baseball) To hit outside of the baselines.
▸ verb: (intransitive, baseball) To hit a ball outside of the baselines.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To become clogged.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To become entangled.
▸ verb: To come into contact or collide with.
▸ noun: (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.
▸ noun: (bowling) A (usually accidental) contact between a bowler and the lane before the bowler has released the ball.
▸ noun: (baseball) A foul ball, a ball which has been hit outside of the base lines.
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