foul ball



foul ball

In baseball, a ball that is hit past the foul line (and thus outside the playing field). I started to run as soon as I heard the bat hit the ball, but it turned out to be a foul ball, so I had to go back to second base.
See also: ball, foul

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Juditezhoo-DEE-tə (Portuguese), zhoo-JEE-chə (Brazilian Portuguese)Portuguese
EugenOI-gen (German)German, Romanian, Czech, Slovak, Croatian
Faye['feijə]
Shemu'el-Biblical Hebrew
ReganREE-gənEnglish
ÅSmund-Norwegian, Danish