to score
- verb
- /skɔr/
- Offensive
- You're just jealous 'cause I'm about to score.
- try to score
- going to score
- score chicks
It was spring break and Kaden Young was looking to score, and he succeeded, only to pay with his life.
- It was spring break and Kaden Young was looking to score, and he succeeded, only to pay with his life.
Examples
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You want to "score" with a young lady, you take her to see "Dracula."
Fiction book (1994) -
Dammit, this always happens! I think I'm gonna score, and then I never score!
Fiction book (1996) -
And then, check this out, he does this thing to me where he makes it so I can score better with the ladies.
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Boy, it sure is hard to score. Huh huh huh.
Fiction book (1996) -
I thought it was just an easy place to score.
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Even Hank is scoring on ladies' night.
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I'm gonna score with Vicki tonight.
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He shoots and scores with the ladies.
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She looks hot and she lets you score like a madman.
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At the party last night, he managed to score with that attractive girl he had been eyeing.
Synonyms
Informal word for peeing, having a bowel movement, or having sex
To have sex with someone
Persuade someone to have sex by charming or tempting them
To have physical contact with someone for pleasure, usually in a casual way
Idioms
- Informal
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
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Specialized
Written music that shows all the parts for singers and instruments on separate lines
- Specialized
A quick test on a newborn to check heart rate, breathing, skin colour, muscle tone, and reflexes
- Archaic
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
To score (slang verb) meaning to succeed with someone comes from the same idea of adding a point to your tally, so it means to get a win or success in that social situation.