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
Deodato-Portuguese
Judikael-Breton
Desiderius-Late Roman
HaideeHAY-dee (English)Literature
Noah (1)NO-ə (English)English, Biblical
Albertinaahl-ber-TEE-nah (Italian, German)Italian, German, Dutch, Portuguese