(transitive, basketball) To make contact with an opposing player in order to gain advantage.
(transitive, baseball) To hit outside of the baselines.
(intransitive) To become clogged.
(intransitive) To become entangled.
(intransitive, basketball) To commit a foul.
(intransitive, baseball) To hit a ball outside of the baselines.
Noun
(sports) A breach of the rules of a game, especially one involving inappropriate contact with an opposing player in order to gain an advantage; for example, tripping someone up in soccer, or contact of any kind in basketball.
(bowling) A (usually accidental) contact between a bowler and the lane before the bowler has released the ball.
(baseball) A foul ball, a ball which has been hit outside of the base lines.
