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    [Noun]  | "score" | \ ˈskȯr \


    1: twenty

    2: a group of 20 things —often used in combination with a cardinal number

    3: an indefinitely large number

    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English scor, from Old Norse skor notch, tally, twenty; akin to Old English scieran to cut {mat|shear|};

    [Noun]  | "Ap*gar score" | \ ˈap-ˌgär- \


    1: an index used to evaluate the condition of a newborn infant based on a rating of 0, 1, or 2 for each of the five characteristics of color, heart rate, response to stimulation of the sole of the foot, muscle tone, and respiration with 10 being a perfect score

    Origin: 1959 ;

     Virginia Apgar †1974 American anesthesiologist;

    [Noun]  | "box score" 


    1: a printed score of a game (such as baseball) giving the names and positions of the players and a record of the play arranged in tabular form; broadly : total count : summary

    Origin: 1896 ;

     From its arrangement in a newspaper box;

    [Noun]  | "hog score" 


    1: a line which is marked across a curling rink seven yards from the tee and beyond which a stone must pass or be removed from the ice —called also hog line

    Origin: 1685 ;

     {see: |hog:1|hog:1} (curling stone that fails to reach the score);

    [Noun]  | "line score" 


    1: a score of a baseball game giving the runs, hits, and errors made by each team

    Origin: 1946 ;

    [Noun]  | "raw score" 


    1: an individual's actual achievement score (as on a test) before being adjusted for relative position in the test group

    Origin: 1920 ;

    [Noun]  | "standard score" 


    1: an individual test score expressed as the deviation from the mean score of the group in units of standard deviation

    Origin: 1921 ;

    [Verb]  | "score" 


    1: to keep a record or account of by or as if by notches on a tally : record

    2: to enter in a record

    3: to mark with significant lines or notches (as in keeping account)

    Origin: 14th century ;

    [Phrasal verb]  | "score off" 


    1: to say or do something in order to get an advantage over (someone)

    [Idiom]  | "score to settle" 


    1: something bad that was done to someone that the harmed person keeps in mind in order to do something bad in return

    [Verb]  | "score" 


    1: to mark with or as if with a line or groove;


      * e.g., " ... the glassblower scored the glass rod first so that it would break cleanly "



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    2: to gain (as points or runs in a game) as credit towards one's total number of points;


      * e.g., " ... he scored the winning goal in the final minute of play "



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    3: to obtain (as a goal) through effort;


      * e.g., " ... finally scored a good job after years of hard work "



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    [Noun]  | "score" 


    1: a lingering ill will towards a person for a real or imagined wrong;


      * e.g., " ... a whistle-blower who was more interested in settling a score with his employers than in exposing an injustice "



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    2: something (as money) which is owed;


      * e.g., " ... we'll pay the full score next week "



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     [ "score" ]

    1: To succeed in seducing someone sexually.

      * e.g.,  ... All you have to do is impress one another to score, or you'll have to settle for a cheapshot. 

     [ "score" ]

    1: another word for 'cool', 'awesome', or' thats great'

      * e.g.,  ... Phillip: I got pizza for dinner 

     [ "score" ]

    1: to get, recieve, purchase, steal, or have

      * e.g.,  ... Yo, i'm about to score a free case of beer, want some? 

     [ "score" ]

    2: (synonym of 'cop')

      * e.g.,  ... Did you score? 

     [ "score" ]

    1: A robbery or hold-up that entails a large payout. ie, armored car robbery, sticking up an underground poker game.

      * e.g.,  ... "I do what i do best, i take scores. You do what you do best, try to stop guys like me" 

     [ "score" ]

    1: london slang for £20

      * e.g.,  ... i need my fix man, but i need a score to get it. 

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    2: also slang for a fix of heroin as this is also £20. some people also say a score is an eith of skunk, bein £20 aswell.

      * e.g.,  ... can u do us a tens of skunk mate? nah i only deal with scores. 

     [ "score" ]

    1: to procure illegal materials

      * e.g.,  ... I scored some righteous weed last night 

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    1: Although specific meanings vary from country to country, I will attempt to produce an exhaustive list here.

      * e.g.,  ... 1) "I scored three goals against the High School the other day." 

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    2: 1) A generic term for achieving an advantage in a sports game (verb, occasionally noun).

      * e.g.,  ... "He got a score in on that ponce of a keeper." 

     [ "score" ]

    3: 2) An amount due; a debt (noun).

      * e.g.,  ... 2) "I've been meaning to settle that score with you for that plastering job." 

     [ "score" ]

    4: 3) A grievance that is harbored and requires satisfaction (noun).

      * e.g.,  ... 3) "Me and Jim have a score to settle about that dog I ran over, bloody thing jumped in the middle of the road." 

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    5: 4) A group of 20 items (noun).

      * e.g.,  ... 4) "Fourscore and seven years ago..." 

     [ "score" ]

    6: 4a) The amount of 20 pounds (noun)

      * e.g.,  ... 4a) "He owes me a score from when he went down the chip shop." 

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    7: 5) The act of securing an advantage, especially a surprising or significant gain (noun).

      * e.g.,  ... 5) "We're really got a score over them on this real estate deal." 

     [ "score" ]

    8: 6) The act or an instance of buying illicit drugs (noun-verb).

      * e.g.,  ... 6) "I've got the shakes awful bad, we've got to score like right now." 

     [ "score" ]

    9: 7) A successful robbery (noun).

      * e.g.,  ... "Here's a score, now give us a tenner." 

     [ "score" ]

    10: 8) A sexual conquest (noun-verb).

      * e.g.,  ... 7) "That bank job the other day was a right score." 

     [ "score" ]

    11: 8a) Kissing someone, esp French kissing them (noun-verb, largely Irish-centric slang).

      * e.g.,  ... 8) "I scored her last night and all, and she were screaming her head off." 

     [ "score" ]

    12: 9) An exclamation of pleasure when learning of good news.

      * e.g.,  ... "She was an old score, never mind her." 

     [ "score" ]

    1: Cockney for 20 quid

      * e.g.,  ... Lend us a score. 

     [ "score" ]

    1: The act of securing an advantage, especially for a surprising or significant gain.

      * e.g.,  ... Will your homegirl let me make the score for what's right, which is herself and her love? 

     [ "score" ]

    1: great

      * e.g.,  ... "that movie so score" 

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