score

1. 1

   The total number of goals, points, runs, etc. earned by a participant in a game.

   • The player with the highest score is the winner.
2. 2

   The number of points accrued by each of the participants in a game, expressed as a ratio or a series of numbers.

   • The score is 8-1 even though it's not even half-time!
3. 3

   The performance of an individual or group on an examination or test, expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol; a grade.

   • The test scores for this class were high.
4. 4

   Twenty (20).

   • Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
   • I went on trying for fish along the western bank down the river, but only small trout rose at my flies, and a score was the total catch.
5. 5

   Twenty (20).; A distance of twenty yards, in ancient archery and gunnery.

   • At Markes full fortie score they vs'd to Prick and Roue.
6. 6

   Twenty (20).; A weight of twenty pounds.

7. 7

   Twenty (20).; A period of twenty years.

8. 8

   Twenty (20).; Twenty pounds sterling.UKslang

   • DEVLIN:You know the apple and core. Head might cost you a score, or more if you want a meat show on all fours.
9. 9

   A great deal; many, several.in-pluraloften

   • Some words have scores of meanings.
10. 10

    An amount of money won in gambling; winnings.

    • Use a few “introductory plays” to become known to a casino before you go for a big score.

1. 1

   To cut a notch or a groove in a surface.transitive

   • The baker scored the cake so that the servers would know where to slice it.
2. 2

   To record the tally of points for a game, a match, or an examination.intransitive

3. 3

   To obtain something desired.ambitransitive

   • "Of course it would be hypocritical for me to pretend that I regret what Abraham did. After all, I've scored by it."
   • In the past decade gay people have scored a number of significant advances.
4. 4

   To obtain something desired.; To earn points in a game.ambitransitive

   • It is unusual for a team to score a hundred goals in one game.
   • Pelé scores again!
5. 5

   To obtain something desired.; To achieve academic credit on a test, quiz, homework, assignment, or course.ambitransitive

   • No, Butthead, that's my point. You didn't score. You got a zero.
   • At the end of first grade, the children scored 80 percent correct on this test, a value that remained unchanged through third grade.
6. 6

   To obtain something desired.; To win money by gambling.ambitransitive

   • […] he scored big by hitting the jack pot at the Bellagio (he won $7,000). The next day, he won $15,000 on the nickel machines at the Palm Casino!
7. 7

   To obtain something desired.; To acquire or gain.ambitransitiveslang

   • I scored some drugs last night.
   • Did you score tickets for the concert?
8. 8

   To obtain something desired.; To extract a bribe.USambitransitiveslang

9. 9

   To obtain something desired.; To obtain a sexual favor.ambitransitiveslangvulgar

   • Chris finally scored with Pat last week.
10. 10

    To rate; to evaluate the quality of.transitive

    • Critics scored the game 92%.

syn. earn · obtain

1. 1

   An acknowledgement of success.USslang