Foul

  • 21foul up — (something) 1. to spoil something by making a mistake or doing something stupid. It takes the same amount of time to do things right as to foul them up. 2. to damage a machine or system. Too much aspirin can really foul up your stomach …

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  • 22Foul — Foul, v. i. 1. To become clogged with burnt powder in the process of firing, as a gun. [1913 Webster] 2. To become entagled, as ropes; to come into collision with something; as, the two boats fouled. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 23foul-up — n. an embarrassing mistake. Syn: blunder, blooper, bungle, flub, botch, boner, boo boo, misdoing. [WordNet 1.5] …

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  • 24foul — [faul] <aus gleichbed. engl. foul, eigtl. »schmutzig, hässlich«, dies zu altengl. fūl (verwandt mit dt. faul)> regelwidrig, gegen die Spielregeln verstoßend; unsportlich (Sport) …

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  • 25Foul — das; s, s <aus gleichbed. engl. foul> regelwidrige Behinderung eines gegnerischen Spielers, Regelverstoß (Sport) …

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  • 26foul — adj filthy, *dirty, nasty, squalid Analogous words: putrid, stinking, fetid, noisome, *malodorous: Offensive, revolting, repulsive, loathsome: obscene, gross, vulgar, Ooarse Antonyms: fair: undefiled foul vb *soil, dirty, sully, tarnish, befoul,… …

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  • 27foul-up — ☆ foul up [foul′up΄ ] n. Informal a mix up; botch; mess …

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  • 28foul — index arrant (onerous), bad (inferior), contemptible, debase, deface, deleterious, depraved …

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  • 29foul — 〈 [faʊl] Adj.; nur präd. od. adv.; Sport〉 regelwidrig, unfair [Etym.: engl., »schmutzig, unrein, faul, verdorben«] …

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  • 30Foul — 〈 [faʊl] n.; Gen.: s, Pl.: s; Sport〉 Verstoß gegen die Spielregeln [Etym.: engl., »etwas Unreines; regelwidriger Schlag od. Stoß beim Sport«] …

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