FOOTFAULT

footfault

(noun) a fault that occurs when the server in tennis fails to keep both feet behind the baseline

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

footfault (third-person singular simple present footfaults, present participle footfaulting, simple past and past participle footfaulted)

(tennis, intransitive) To commit a foot fault.

Source: Wiktionary



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Coffee Trivia

Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.

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