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
Nneka	-	Western African, Igbo
Bairstow	['bɛəstəu]
Iida	EE:-dah	Finnish
Botros	-	Arabic, Coptic
Waldo	['wɔ:ldəu]
Devnet	DEV-net	Irish