nounˈfʊt ˌfɔltˈfo͝ot ˌfôlt
(in tennis, squash, and similar games) an infringement of the rules made by incorrect placement of the feet when serving.
Example sentencesExamples
- Hewitt serves his second double fault of the match and is then called for a foot fault to give Federer a set point.
- In the second set, a linesman calls a foot-fault on him and cops a subsequent brat-attack barrage from Lleyton at the end of the game.
- Williams admitted to being a little rusty, which showed in several double faults and foot faults.
- Hewitt was serving at 2-3 and 30-30 in the second set when he was called for a questionable foot-fault.
- ‘Maybe I got a little lucky with that foot-fault call, but I still felt like I started to play better and better,’ Federer said.
- He famously mooned a referee, threw a shoe at a baseline judge who kept calling foot faults and changed both his shirt and his shorts on court during a match.
verbˈfʊt ˌfɔltˈfo͝ot ˌfôlt
[no object]1(of a player) make a foot fault.
in his anxiety he foot-faulted
- 1.1with object Award a foot fault against (a player)
he was foot-faulted by the umpire
Example sentencesExamples
- Given this resort's status as a celebrity magnet, you may fear being foot-faulted if you're not wearing Jimmy Choos on court.
- On his way to the US Open final he caused uproar when he yelled at a black linesmen who had foot-faulted him.