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score bug

score bug noun: a chyron displaying a sports score and similar information.

Noun

score bug (plural score bugs)

  1. A chyron displaying a sports score and similar information.
    • Right now, we have the score bug in the corner, that will suddenly seem a little odd in the middle of the HD picture. So we know we have to reformat some graphics and things like that.2002, Broadcasting & Cable, volume 132, Cahners Publishing Company, page 37
    • Hill, who had received death threats over the football score bug, was ecstatic at all the free publicity.2013 June, Jonathon Gatehouse, “The Promised Land”, in The Instigator: How Gary Bettman Remade the NHL and Changed the Game Forever, Triumph Books, →ISBN, page 163

Forms of score bug

pluralscore bugs

Origin of score bug

From score + bug.

Questions about score bug

What does score bug mean?
Score bug means a chyron displaying a sports score and similar information.
What part of speech is score bug?
Score bug is a noun.
What is the plural of score bug?
The plural of score bug is score bugs.

Words near score bug in the dictionary

  1. scorchy
  2. scordatura
  3. score
  4. score attack
  5. score attacks
  6. score bug
  7. score bugs
  8. score draw
  9. score draws
  10. score off
  11. score on oneself

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