a foul stroke

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• Foul — Foul, n. 1. An entanglement; a collision, as in a boat race. [1913 Webster] 2. (Baseball) See {Foul ball}, under {Foul}, a. [1913 Webster] 3. In various games or sports, an act done contrary to the rules; a foul stroke, hit, play, or the like.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• foul — adj., n., adv., & v. adj. 1 offensive to the senses; loathsome, stinking. 2 dirty, soiled, filthy. 3 colloq. revolting, disgusting. 4 a containing or charged with noxious matter (foul air). b clogged, choked. 5 morally polluted; disgustingly… …   Useful english dictionary

• foul — 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

• Five-pins — (Italian cinque birilli ), [http://www.fibis.info/fibis/dwnload/05d/stecca attivita.pdf Sezione Stecca: Organigramma della Sezione Attività agonistica Calendari Regolamento Tecnico Sportivo, 2004 2005 ] It, Federazione Italiana Biliardo Sportivo …   Wikipedia

• Five-pin billiards — This article is about the originally Italian and now internationally standardized billiard game. For the Danish five pin game, see Danish pin billiards. Five pins redirects here. For other uses, see Five pins (disambiguation). Five pin billiards… …   Wikipedia

• pocket billiards — pool2 (def. 1). [1910 15] * * * ▪ game also called  Pool,    a billiards game, most popular in the United States and Canada, played with a white cue ball and 15 consecutively numbered coloured balls on a rectangular table with six pockets (one at …   Universalium

• snooker — /snook euhr, snooh keuhr/, n. 1. a variety of pool played with 15 red balls and 6 balls of colors other than red, in which a player must shoot one of the red balls, each with a point value of 1, into a pocket before shooting at one of the other… …   Universalium

• coup — [ku:] noun (plural coups ku:z) 1》 (also coup d état) a sudden violent seizure of power from a government. 2》 an unexpected and notably successful act. 3》 Billiards a direct pocketing of the cue ball, which is a foul stroke. 4》 historical (among… …   English new terms dictionary

• Glossary of cue sports terms — The following is a glossary of traditional English language terms used in the three overarching cue sports disciplines: carom (or carambole) billiards referring to the various carom games played on a billiard table without pockets; pool (pocket… …   Wikipedia

• Water polo — is a team water sport. A team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The winner of the game is the team that scores more goals. Gameplay involves swimming, players passing the ball while being defended by opponents, and scoring by… …   Wikipedia

• Field hockey — sport imagesize=300px caption=A game of field hockey in progress union=International Hockey Federation nickname=Hockey first=19th century registered= clubs= contact=Yes team=11 players mgender= category=Indoor/Outdoor ball=Hockey ball… …   Wikipedia