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Plural of foul

regular plural

The plural of foul is fouls.

Forms of foul

Singularfoul /faʊl/
Pluralfouls /faʊlz/
Countablecountable

Fouls in a sentence

  • The gloves are off in this match; both teams are purposely committing fouls against opposing players!From the entry gloves are off
  • Comparisons were made between the home and away team's number of fouls and violations.1960, Peter Lynn Kasson, An Analysis of College Basketball Officiating, page 25. From the entry away team
  • For instance, when sodium is burned, it becomes a snotlike goo that fouls boiler tubes and drives engineers nuts.2007, Jeff Goodell, Big Coal: The Dirty Secret Behind America's Energy Future. From the entry snotlike
  • Across the room, some meathead wearing a supertight tank top and an upside-down visor screams about a tapped keg, the ultimate in prep-school party fouls.2009, Siobhan Vivian, Little Friendly Advice. From the entry supertight
  • "Referees have pretty clear orders on simulation, but it is difficult for them to assess the difference between simulation and fouls in those situations," he said.2012 February 11, “AVB wants action on simulation”, in Belfast Telegraph. From the entry simulation

Meaning of foul

  1. adjective Covered with, or containing unclean matter; dirty.
  2. adjective Obscene, vulgar or abusive.
  3. adjective Detestable, unpleasant, loathsome.

Full definition of foul

Questions about the plural of foul

What is the plural of foul?
The plural of foul is fouls.
Is foul countable?
Foul is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: foul (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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