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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Lauren	['lɔ:rən]
Laurence	['lɔrəns]
Orion	o-RIE-ən (English)	Greek Mythology
Sylvia	SIL-vee-ə (English), SUYL-vee-ah (Finnish)	English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, German
Cila	-	Slovene, Croatian
Roper	['rəupə]