PERSONAL FOUL

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A foul that involves unnecessarily rough contact (as in basketball or football)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("personal foul" is a kind of...):

foul (an act that violates the rules of a sport)

Domain category:

athletics; sport (an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition)

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