score

Definitions of score in various dictionaries:

noun - a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance)

noun - a written form of a musical composition

noun - a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest

noun - a set of twenty members

noun - grounds

noun - the facts about an actual situation

noun - an amount due (as at a restaurant or bar)

noun - a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally)

noun - a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation

noun - the act of scoring in a game or sport

noun - a seduction culminating in sexual intercourse

verb - gain points in a game

verb - make small marks into the surface of

verb - make underscoring marks

verb - write a musical score for

verb - induce to have sex

verb - get a certain number or letter indicating quality or performance

verb - assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation

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

Sports & Games.

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

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.

The number of points attributed to a competitor or team.

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

An amount due; a debt.

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

A ground; a reason.

A group of 20 items.

Music.

The written form of a composition for orchestral or vocal parts, either complete or for a particular instrument or voice.

A composition written for a musical comedy.

Slang.

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).

The act or an instance of buying illicit drugs.

A successful robbery.

A sexual conquest.

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

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

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

Sports & Games.

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

To count or be worth as points.

To achieve; win.

To evaluate and assign a grade to.

Music.

To orchestrate.

To arrange for a specific instrument.

To criticize cuttingly; berate.

Slang.

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

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

Sports & Games.

To make a point in a game or contest.

To keep the score of a game or contest.

Slang.

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

To succeed in seducing someone sexually.

To succeed in buying or obtaining an illicit drug.

verb - to make a point in a game or contest