FOOTFAULT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does footfault mean? 

• FOOTFAULT (noun)
  The noun FOOTFAULT has 1 sense:

1. a fault that occurs when the server in tennis fails to keep both feet behind the baseline

  Familiarity information: FOOTFAULT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FOOTFAULT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A fault that occurs when the server in tennis fails to keep both feet behind the baseline

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("footfault" is a kind of...):

fault ((sports) a serve that is illegal (e.g., that lands outside the prescribed area))

Holonyms ("footfault" is a part of...):

lawn tennis; tennis (a game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court)