score

[[t]skɔr, skoʊr[/t]]

n. pl. scores; score for11;

1) gam the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or contest

2) the total points or strokes made by one side or competitor

3) psl edu psy edu the performance of an individual or group on an examination or test, expressed by a number or other symbol

4) a notch, scratch, or incision

5) a notch or mark for keeping an account or record

6) a reckoning or account so kept; tally

7) any account showing indebtedness

8) an amount recorded as due

9) a line drawn as a boundary, the starting point of a race, etc

10) math. a group or set of 20

11) scores, a great many

12) a reason, ground, or cause:

to complain on the score of low pay[/ex]

13) inf Informal.

a) the basic facts of a situation:

What's the score on Saturday's picnic?[/ex]

b) a successful move, remark, etc

14) mad

a) a written or printed piece of music with the vocal and instrumental parts arranged on staves, one under the other

b) the music for a movie, play, or television show

15) cvb sts Slang.

a) a sexual conquest

b) a purchase or acquisition of illicit drugs

c) a successful robbery

d) the victim of a robbery or swindle

16) gam to make, gain, or earn in a game, as points or hits

17) to get a score of

18) to have as a specified value in points:

Four aces score 100[/ex]

19) psl edu psy edu to evaluate the responses a person has made on (a test or examination)

20) mad mus

a) to orchestrate

b) to compose the music for (a movie, play, television show, etc.)

21) coo to cut shallow ridges into (meat, fish, etc.), usu. in diamond patterns

22) to make notches, cuts, marks, or lines in or on

23) to keep a record of (points, items, etc.)

24) to write down as a debt

25) to record as a debtor

26) to achieve or win:

The play scored a great success[/ex]

27) cvb sts Slang.

a) to obtain (a drug) illicitly

b) to steal

28) to berate or censure

29) to crease (paper or cardboard) in order to facilitate bending

30) gam to make, gain, or earn points, hits, etc., in a game or contest

31) gam to keep score, as of a game

32) to achieve an advantage or success

33) to make notches, cuts, lines, etc

34) to run up a score or debt

35) cvb sts Slang.

a) to succeed in finding a willing sexual partner

b) to purchase or obtain drugs illicitly

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- pay off or settle a score

Etymology: bef. 1100; (n.) ME; late OE scora, score (pl.; sing. *scoru) group of twenty (appar. orig. notch) < ON skor notch; (v.) ME: to incise, mark with lines, tally debts < ON skora to notch scor′er, n.