scorer

score  (skôr, skr)

n.

1. A notch or incision, especially one that is made to keep a tally.

2. Sports & Games

a. A usually numerical record of a competitive event: keeping score.

b. The total number of points made by each competitor or side in a contest, either final or at a given stage: The score stood tied in the bottom of the ninth inning.

c. The number of points attributed to a competitor or team.

3. A result, usually expressed numerically, of a test or examination.

4.

a. An amount due; a debt.

b. A grievance that is harbored and requires satisfaction: settle an old score.

5. A ground; a reason.

6. A group of 20 items.

7. scores Large numbers: Scores of people attended the rally.

8. Music

a. The notation of a musical work.

b. The written form of a composition for orchestral or vocal parts.

c. The music written for a film or a play.

9. Slang

a. The act of securing an advantage, especially a surprising or significant gain: "He had dropped out of school and gone for that quick dollar, that big score" (Peter Goldman).

b. The act or an instance of buying illicit drugs.

c. A successful robbery.

d. A sexual conquest.

v. scored, scor·ing, scores

v.tr.

1. To mark with lines or notches, especially for the purpose of keeping a record.

2. To cancel or eliminate by or as if by superimposing lines.

3. To mark the surface of (meat, for example) with usually parallel cuts.

4. Sports & Games

a. To gain (a point) in a game or contest.

b. To count or be worth as points: A basket scores two points.

c. To keep a written record of the score or events of (a game or contest).

d. Baseball To cause (a base runner) to cross home plate, especially by getting a hit: scored both runners with a double.

5. To achieve; win.

6. To evaluate and assign a grade to.

7. Music

a. To orchestrate.

b. To arrange for a specific instrument.

8. To criticize cuttingly; berate.

9. Slang

a. To succeed in acquiring: scored two tickets to the play.

b. To succeed in obtaining (an illicit drug): "Aging punks try to impress her with tales of . . . the different drugs they've scored" (Art Jahnke).

v.intr.

1. Sports & Games

a. To make a point in a game or contest.

b. To keep the score of a game or contest.

2. Slang

a. To achieve a purpose or advantage, especially to make a surprising gain or coup: "They . . . score in places like the bond market" (Mike Barnicle).

b. To succeed in seducing someone sexually.

c. To succeed in buying or obtaining an illicit drug.

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[Middle English, from Old English scoru, twenty, from Old Norse skor; see sker-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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scorer n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	scorer - a player who makes a score in a game or contest player, participant - a person who participates in or is skilled at some game
	2.	scorer - a logger who marks trees to be felled faller, feller, logger, lumberjack, lumberman - a person who fells trees
	3.	scorer - an official who records the score during the progress of a game scorekeeper official - someone who administers the rules of a game or sport; "the golfer asked for an official who could give him a ruling"

Translations

scorer [ˈskɔːrəʳ] N (= person keeping score) → persona f que va apuntando los resultados; (= player) (also goal scorer) → él/la m/f que marca un gol
he is top scorer in the league → es el principal goleador en la liga, ha marcado más goles que ningún otro en la liga
the scorers were Juan and Pablo → marcaron los goles Juan y Pablo

scorer [ˈskɔːrə^r] n

(in football) → buteur/euse m; (in rugby, cricket, basketball) → marqueur/euse m/f

(keeping score) → marqueur/euse m/f

scorer

n

(Ftbl etc: = player) → Torschütze m → /-schützin f; to be the top scorer → die meisten Punkte machen; (Ftbl etc) → die meisten Tore schießen; Chelsea were the highest scorers → Chelsea schoss die meisten Tore; he is the leading scorer in the competition → er hat die meisten Punkte or (Ftbl) → Tore im Wettbewerb erzielt

= scorekeeper

scorer [ˈskɔːrəʳ] n (keeping score) → segnapunti m/f inv; (player) → marcatore/trice

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scorer [ˈskɔːrəʳ] n (keeping score) → segnapunti m/f inv; (player) → marcatore/trice