personal foul

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.

personal foul

n (Basketball) basketball a foul awarded for making illegal contact with an opponent. Compare technical foul

per′sonal foul′

n. a foul called in a game, as basketball or football, for illegal body contact or rough, unsportsmanlike play. [1820–30]

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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personal foul - a foul that involves unnecessarily rough contact (as in basketball or football)athletics, sport - an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competitionfoul - an act that violates the rules of a sport