score
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9.8
- noun
- /skɔr/
- Offensive
:
conquista (informal, ofensivo)
- In his world, each new relationship was just another score to boast about.
Examples
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If the girl was worth it, then she is the score.
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- And who do I run into but my score?
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I just figured I'd make a big score again and things would be cool.
Fiction book (1998) -
This was Kodoroff's way out, his big score.
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But he was mesmerized by Karpis—and by the dream of one more big score.
Fiction book (1996) -
He thought she was just another score in his game of seduction.
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After their night out, he proudly introduced her as his latest score.
Idioms
- Informal
11
4.9
Understand what really happens in a situation, often when it is bad
- Archaic
A way to say eighty-seven years ago, used by Abraham Lincoln at the start of the Gettysburg Address
Compounds
- Specialized
5
3.7
Written music that shows all the parts for singers and instruments on separate lines
- Specialized
1
5.4
A quick test on a newborn to check heart rate, breathing, skin colour, muscle tone, and reflexes
- Archaic
1
9.9
Seventy years that people often use to mean a typical human lifespan
- Jargon
A number that compares weightlifting results for people with different body weights
Surface Forms
Etymology
A helpful way to remember the slang score (a conquest) is to think of a scoreboard: a score is a win, and people began using it to talk about a personal 'win' in dating or sex.