"moving screen" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: moving screens [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} moving screen (plural moving screens)
  1. (basketball, informal) An offensive foul committed when a player executing a screen moves in order to block the defender and makes contact. Technically it is a block; in other words, there is no such terminology in most rulebooks using the phrase "moving screen." This means that, for it to be a foul, there must be contact (and illegal contact at that, meaning advantage-conveying). No illegal contact, no foul, no matter how much moving the screener does. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Basketball Synonyms: moving pick
    Sense id: en-moving_screen-en-noun-B9HAunAi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: ball-games, basketball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

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