foul shot

Questions about foul shot

What does foul shot mean?

foul shot means "an unhindered basketball shot from the foul line; given to penalize the other team for committing a foul".

What is another word for foul shot?

Close synonyms include free throw, penalty free throw, charity toss, charity throw, charity shot. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is foul shot a common word?

foul shot is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.