personal foul
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personal foul
n.
A foul in a game, such as basketball or football, that usually involves body contact with or willful roughing of an opponent.
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personal foul
n
(Basketball) basketball a foul awarded for making illegal contact with an opponent. Compare technical foul
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per′sonal foul′
n.
a foul called in a game, as basketball or football, for illegal body contact or rough, unsportsmanlike play.
[1820–30]
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personal foul
Committed by a player who pushes, holds, or charges into an opponent or hits an opponent when in the act of shooting.
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| Noun | 1. |  personal foul - a foul that involves unnecessarily rough contact (as in basketball or football)foul - an act that violates the rules of a sport |
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