score
[ skawr, skohr ]
/ skɔr, skoʊr /
noun, plural scores, score for 11.
verb (used with object), scored, scor·ing.
verb (used without object), scored, scor·ing.
Idioms for score
pay off/settle a score,
to avenge a wrong; retaliate: In the Old West they paid off a score with bullets.
Origin of score
before 1100; (noun) Middle English; late Old English
scora, score (plural; singular
*scoru) group of twenty (apparently orig. notch) < Old Norse
skor notch; (v.) Middle English
scoren to incise, mark with lines, tally debts < Old Norse
skora to notch, count by tallies; later v. senses derivative of the noun; akin to
shear
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British Dictionary definitions for score
score
/ (skɔː) /
noun
verb
Derived forms of score
scorer, nounWord Origin for score
Old English
scora; related to Old Norse
skor notch, tally, twenty
Idioms and Phrases with score
score
see box score; know the score; pay off (an old score); settle a score.