Overview of noun scores

The noun scores has 1 sense

• tons, dozens, heaps, lots, piles, scores, stacks, loads, rafts, slews, wads, oodles, gobs, scads, lashings -- (a large number or amount; "made lots of new friends"; "she amassed stacks of newspapers")

Overview of noun score

The noun score has 11 senses

• mark, grade, score -- (a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance); "she made good marks in algebra"; "grade A milk"; "what was your score on your homework?")


• score, musical score -- (a written form of a musical composition; parts for different instruments appear on separate staves on large pages; "he studied the score of the sonata")


• score -- (a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest; "the score was 7 to 0")


• score -- (a set of twenty members; "a score were sent out but only one returned")


• score, account -- (grounds; "don't do it on my account"; "the paper was rejected on account of its length"; "he tried to blame the victim but his success on that score was doubtful")


• score -- (the facts about an actual situation; "he didn't know the score")


• score -- (an amount due (as at a restaurant or bar); "add it to my score and I'll settle later")


• score, scotch -- (a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally))


• grudge, score, grievance -- (a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation; "holding a grudge"; "settling a score")


• score -- (the act of scoring in a game or sport; "the winning score came with less than a minute left to play")


• sexual conquest, score -- (a seduction culminating in sexual intercourse; "calling his seduction of the girl a `score' was a typical example of male slang")

Overview of verb score

The verb score has 7 senses

• score, hit, tally, rack up -- (gain points in a game; "The home team scored many times"; "He hit a home run"; "He hit .300 in the past season")


• score, nock, mark -- (make small marks into the surface of; "score the clay before firing it")


• score, mark -- (make underscoring marks)


• score -- (write a musical score for)


• seduce, score, make -- (induce to have sex; "Harry finally seduced Sally"; "Did you score last night?"; "Harry made Sally")


• score -- (get a certain number or letter indicating quality or performance; "She scored high on the SAT"; "He scored a 200")


• grade, score, mark -- (assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation; "grade tests"; "score the SAT essays"; "mark homework")