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TECHNICAL FOUL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does technical foul mean?
• TECHNICAL FOUL (noun)
The noun TECHNICAL FOUL has 1 sense:
1. (basketball) a foul that can be assessed on a player or a coach or a team for unsportsmanlike conduct; does not usually involve physical contact during play
Familiarity information: TECHNICAL FOUL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(basketball) a foul that can be assessed on a player or a coach or a team for unsportsmanlike conduct; does not usually involve physical contact during play
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
technical; technical foul
Hypernyms ("technical foul" is a kind of...):
foul (an act that violates the rules of a sport)
Domain category:
basketball; basketball game; hoops (a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop)
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