Word: score Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- Proto-Germanic *skurō Old Norse skorder. Old English scoru Middle English score English score From Middle English score, skore, schore, from Old English scoru (“notch; tally; score”), from Old Norse skor, from Proto-Germanic *skurō (“incision; tear; rift”), which is related to *skeraną (“to cut”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“cut”). Cognate with Icelandic skora, Swedish skåra, Danish skår. Related to shear. For the sense “twenty”: The mark on a tally made by drovers for every twenty beasts passing through a tollgate. Pronunciation: /skɔː/, /skoɹ/, /sko(ː)ɹ/, /skoə/ 1. The total number of goals, points, runs, etc. earned by a participant in a game. Example: The player with the highest score is the winner. 2. The number of points accrued by each of the participants in a game, expressed as a ratio or a series of numbers. Example: The score is 8-1 even though it's not even half-time! 3. The performance of an individual or group on an examination or test, expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol; a grade. Example: The test scores for this class were high. Example: The study not only showed IQ variance between children the same parents, but because the authors had the IQ scores of various parents, it demonstrated that parents with higher IQs tended to have more kids, ruling out the dysgenic fertility theory as a driver of falling IQ scores and highlighting the role of environmental factors instead. 4. Twenty (20). Example: 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. Example: 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. Twenty (20). Example: At Markes full fortie score they vs'd to Prick and Roue. 6. Twenty (20). 7. Twenty (20). 8. Twenty (20). Labels: UK, slang Example: 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. A great deal; many, several. Labels: in-plural, often Example: Some words have scores of meanings. 10. An amount of money won in gambling; winnings. Example: Use a few “introductory plays” to become known to a casino before you go for a big score. 11. The written form of a musical composition showing all instrumental and vocal parts. 12. The music of a movie or play. Example: Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee. 13. A subject. Example: Well, although we haven't discussed the views of all those who make precise reckonings of being and not [being], we've done enough on that score. 14. An account; a reason; a motive; a sake; a behalf. Example: But left the trade, as many more / Have lately done on the same score. Example: You act your kindneſs on Cydaria’s ſcore. 15. A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of account. Example: Whereas, before, our forefathers had no other books but the score and the tally, thou hast caused printing to be used. 16. An account or reckoning; account of dues; bill; debt. Example: He parted well, and paid his score. 17. A criminal act, especially: Labels: US, slang Example: Let's pull a score! Example: Batman: Dangerous crowd you're stealing from. Catwoman: Jesus. Is this how you get your kicks, hon? Sneaking up on girls in the dark? Batman: Is that why you work in the club? It was all just a score? 18. A criminal act, especially: Labels: US, slang 19. A criminal act, especially: Labels: US, slang Example: He made a big score. 20. A criminal act, especially: Labels: US, slang 21. A sexual conquest. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: Ah, who gives a shit? The only score I'm interested in is the one I might make if some foxy chicks start pilin' outta there. 22. In the Lowestoft area, a narrow pathway running down a cliff to the beach. Labels: UK, regional Example: Above the harbour, steeply up the hill, run The Bolts, narrow stepped passages, equivalent of The Scores of Lowestoft and The Rows of Great Yarmouth. 23. A document which systematically lists differences among compiled manuscripts of a source text. Example: Robson counted 92 exemplars of Gilgamesh and Huwawa A and 59 of Gilgamesh, Enkidu, and the Netherworld (“Tablet House,” 54). Since that time, several joins have reduced the number of distinct copies, so that Delnero’s score for Gilgamesh and Huwawa A now includes 85 total, mostly of the Type III extract category (Variation in Sumerian Literary Compositions: A Case Study Based on the Decad, University of Pennsylvania Ph.D., 2006).