score

Definition

  • noun: the number of points, goals, runs, etc., that each player or team has in a game or contest
  • noun: a group of 20 things
  • verb: to get points, goals, runs, etc., in a game or contest
  • verb: to keep a record or account of by or as if by notches on a tally
  • usually + 'of'
  • synonyms: twenty, record, bill

Examples

  • Only one person had/got a 'perfect score' on the test. [=only one person answered all the questions correctly]

  • If you're 'keeping score' at home, this is the third time that he has run for mayor and lost.

  • The 'score' was tied at 1–1 [=each team had scored one run] after the second inning.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) -You just touched me. -You made me touch you. This is your side. This is your side. Get off. Get off. I'm gonna need a score of car batteries-- Where's Linus? Where's Linus? -There he is. -Oh, would you look at this doughnut? Should someone help him? (..)
    2001 Ocean's Eleven
  • (..) ... was Xania, the international pop star. They had been having quite a stormy affair. By the end of regulation time the score was tied... ... and the game went into sudden death. For a patriotic Frenchman and a true fan like myself... ... it was almost (..)
    2006 The Pink Panther
  • (..) getting attached to someone. Having Tallahassee around didn't comfort me, it just made me feel more alone. - Hey, you weren't exactly gonna score anyway. - You weren't storming' the trenches before I came along. That's why I don't let people close, you only get burned. - You don't say. (..)
    2009 Zombieland