👜 To hold or move 🛒 To have in stock 🤝 To support others ➡️ To continue 📢 To transmit 🧠 To have or hold 🤰 To be pregnant 🏆 To win or secure 🐄 To support growth 🚚 An act of moving 🕴️ To act or behave 🏈 To move in sports 🔢 To transfer (math) 🎮 Main scorer 🎤 To sing in tune

carry

15 7.8

A player who helps win games by scoring most points

noun
/ˈkæri/

Jargon

: jugador clave

So there may be a carry or not here.

Examples

So damage Dota has hard carry and then mid and then off lane and then two supports.
That is another big-time carry for Lance Sullivan.

The Best Man Holiday (2013)
So no Jeremy, no Norm, but we still have a William Smith that's going going to do the hard carry through the VR area.
In our team, Sarah always plays the carry role, ensuring we secure the win with her excellent strategy and skill.
During the match, the carry player dealt the most damage, leading our team to victory.
As a carry, he is responsible for scoring the majority of the points in the game and supporting others.

Idioms

to carry a tune

10 4.5

To sing in tune without going off-key

to carry a torch

Informal

4 7.7

Have strong feelings of love for someone who does not love you back

to carry one's weight

2 3.6

To do as much work as the others in a group

to carry oneself with dignity

1 6.6

To behave in a calm, proud way when facing difficulty

to carry someone's water

Informal

1 9.9

To support someone and do things for them without asking questions

to carry the mantle

Formal

1 7.4

To take on responsibility as the next leader

to carry the can

1 7.9

To accept blame or responsibility that others refuse

to carry a note

5.9

To sing a note correctly and stay in tune

to carry a note in a bucket

Informal

9.9

To be unable to sing in tune

to carry a tune in a bucket

Informal

9.1

To sing very badly and out of tune

to carry coals to Newcastle

9.5

To do something not needed because there is already plenty of it

to carry the mail

8.2

To do important work well when other people depend on you

Compounds

carry-on

35 2.3

A small bag a passenger can take onto an airplane

carry-over

Specialized

1 5.1

Using skill or knowledge from one situation in another similar situation

cash-and-carry

1 4.5

Selling goods that customers must pay for in cash and carry away themselves

fireman's carry

Specialized

1 5.5

A way of carrying a person over your shoulders to move them quickly

carry-forward

Specialized

1 7.3

An amount of profit or loss that a company moves from a past financial period to the next period

carry-over

Specialized

7.0

Profit left in a company after paying dividends and putting money aside

fetch-and-carry task

Informal

6.6

A simple, boring job doing small errands and chores

fetch-and-carry task

Specialized

7.2

A robot action to pick up an object and carry it to a place

How Impactful

star player

13 2.0

carry

Jargon

15 7.8

support

Jargon

205 3.9

Surface Forms

carry singular

carries plural

Etymology

Carry in games borrows the idea of carrying a heavy load: a player who 'carries' the team is the one who takes most of the weight of winning. So, a team's 'carry' is the player who helps secure victory.