footfault

[ foot-fawlt ]

verb (used without object)

, Tennis.

1. to commit a foot fault.

Word History and Origins

Origin of footfault¹

v. use of foot fault

Example Sentences

It is unnecessary, and by placing your feet firmly before the service there is no need to footfault.

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The average footfault is due to carelessness, over-anxiety, or ignorance of the rule.

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"I don't know," came the reply; "unless he called a footfault on you!"

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A revival of the footfault fiend, who desires to handicap the server, is international in character and, like the poor, "always with us."

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The International Federation has practically adopted a footfault rule for 1921 that prohibits the server lifting one foot unless replaced behind the baseline.

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