Definitions for fouling

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fouling foul·ing

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IPA: /ˈfaʊ lɪŋ/

Fouling is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 140 anagrams from letters in fouling (fgilnou).

Definitions for fouling

noun

1. an encrusted deposit, especially on a submerged object, as the hull of a ship.
2. something that is foul.
3. a collision or entanglement:
4. a violation of the rules of a sport or game:
5. Baseball. foul ball.

Idioms

1. fall foul / afoul of, to collide with, as ships. to come into conflict with; quarrel. to make an attack; assault.
2. foul one's nest, to dishonor one's own home, family, or the like.
3. run foul / afoul of, to come into collision or controversy with:

adverb

1. in a foul manner; vilely; unfairly.
2. Baseball. into foul territory; so as to be foul:

adjective

1. grossly offensive to the senses; disgustingly loathsome; noisome:
2. containing or characterized by offensive or noisome matter:
3. filthy or dirty, as places, receptacles, clothes, etc.
4. muddy, as a road.
5. clogged or obstructed with foreign matter:
6. unfavorable or stormy:
7. contrary, violent, or unfavorable, as the wind.
8. grossly offensive in a moral sense.
9. abominable, wicked, or vile, as deeds, crime, slander, etc.
10. scurrilous, profane, or obscene; offensive:
11. contrary to the rules or established usages, as of a sport or game; unfair:
12. Baseball. pertaining to a foul ball or a foul line.
13. limited in freedom of movement by obstruction, entanglement, etc.:
14. abounding in errors or in marks of correction, as a printer's proof, manuscript, or the like.
15. Nautical. (of the underwater portion of a hull) encrusted and impeded with barnacles, seaweed, etc. (of a mooring place) involving inconveniences and dangers, as of colliding with vessels or other objects when swinging with the tide. (of the bottom of a body of water) affording a poor hold for an anchor (opposed to clean).
16. North England and Scot.. not fair; ugly or unattractive.
17. Obsolete. disfigured.

Verb phrases

1. foul out, Baseball. to be put out by hitting a foul ball caught on the fly by a player on the opposing team. Basketball. to be expelled from a game for having committed more fouls than is allowed.
2. foul up, Informal. to cause confusion or disorder; bungle; spoil.

verb (used with object)

1. to make foul; defile; soil.
2. to clog or obstruct, as a chimney or the bore of a gun.
3. to collide with.
4. to cause to become entangled or caught, as a rope.
5. to defile; dishonor; disgrace:
6. Nautical. (of barnacles, seaweed, etc.) to cling to (a hull) so as to encumber.
7. Baseball. to hit (a pitched ball) foul (often followed by off or away):

verb (used without object)

1. to become foul.
2. Nautical. to come into collision, as two boats.
3. to become entangled or clogged:
4. Sports. to make a foul play; give a foul blow.
5. Baseball. to hit a foul ball.

Origin of fouling

1350-1400; Middle English foulinge; see foul, -ing¹

Examples for fouling

Jeering life is below, with its people, its fouling habits, its sneers and titters.

People are eagerly discussing the question of the fouling of guns.

If he does any fouling in this fight I'll make him quit or declare him out.

Toby Mertez tried hard for a hit, fouling the ball a number of times.

You penalized Westby a yard for fouling, I heard; is that so?

She lit a cigarette and said, "Now—how the hell are you fouling up the computers?"

Burton set himself for the next one, and succeeded only in fouling it off.

You, who boast of playing the game, and not fouling the pitch!

The boche was fouling Troolan in a way that would be prohibited in wrestling.

Against this fouling of the stream at its source, society must protect itself.