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Dilscoop

Dilscoop noun: a kind of batting stroke, aiming to go on one knee to a good length or slightly short of length delivery off a fast- or medium-paced bowler and 'scoop' the ball over the head of the wicketkeeper, straight towards the boundary.

Noun

Dilscoop (plural Dilscoops)

  1. A kind of batting stroke, aiming to go on one knee to a good length or slightly short of length delivery off a fast- or medium-paced bowler and 'scoop' the ball over the head of the wicketkeeper, straight towards the boundary.

Forms of Dilscoop

pluralDilscoops

Origin of Dilscoop

From the surname of Sri Lankan batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan, and scoop.

Questions about Dilscoop

What does Dilscoop mean?
Dilscoop means a kind of batting stroke, aiming to go on one knee to a good length or slightly short of length delivery off a fast- or medium-paced bowler and 'scoop' the ball over the head of the wicketkeeper, straight towards the boundary.
What part of speech is Dilscoop?
Dilscoop is a noun.
What is the plural of Dilscoop?
The plural of Dilscoop is Dilscoops.

Words near Dilscoop in the dictionary

  1. Dilpurra
  2. dilruba
  3. Dilrukshi
  4. DILS
  5. Dilsa
  6. Dilscoop
  7. Dilscoops
  8. Dilsen-Stokkem
  9. dilsk
  10. Dilston
  11. Diltheyan

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