moving screen

noun

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.

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Meanings

nounmoving screen (plural moving screens)

plural moving screens

  1. informalball gamesAn 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.

    Synonyms: moving pick

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn 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.

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moving pick
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APA

moving screen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moving%20screen

MLA

“moving screen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moving%20screen. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “moving screen,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moving%20screen.

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