Usually means: Violation of rules involving contact.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word personal foul:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. personal foul: Merriam-Webster
  2. personal foul: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. personal foul: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. personal foul: Vocabulary.com
  5. personal-foul: Wordnik
  6. personal foul: Wiktionary
  7. personal foul: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. personal foul: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. personal foul: Dictionary.com
  10. Personal Foul (book), Personal foul (basketball), Personal foul: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. personal foul: Rhymezone
  12. personal foul: FreeDictionary.org
  13. personal foul: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. personal foul: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. personal foul: Urban Dictionary

Sports (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Football Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)
  3. Personal foul: Sports Definitions

(Note: See personal_fouls as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (personal foul)

▸ noun:  (sports) A breach of the rules in certain sports, particularly involving dangerous play.

Similar:
foul, professional foul, technical foul, foul trouble, offensive foul, facemask, foot fault, infraction, penalty, foul out, more...

Opposite:
clean, fair, legal, legitimate, valid

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Similar:
foul, professional foul, technical foul, foul trouble, offensive foul, facemask, foot fault, infraction, penalty, foul out, more...

Opposite:
clean, fair, legal, legitimate, valid



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