scoreth

Verb

score (third-person singular simple present scores, present participle scoring, simple past and past participle scored)

1. (transitive) To cut a notch or a groove in a surface.
   • A very neat old woman, still in her good outdoor coat and best beehive hat, was sitting at a polished mahogany table on whose surface there were several scored scratches so deep that a triangular piece of the veneer had come cleanly away,[…].1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC

   Synonyms:

   groove, notch

2. (intransitive) To record the tally of points for a game, a match, or an examination.

   Synonyms:

   keep, tally

3. (ambitransitive) To obtain something desired.
   • "Of course it would be hypocritical for me to pretend that I regret what Abraham did. After all, I've scored by it."1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 50”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC
   1. (ambitransitive) To earn points in a game.
      • It is unusual for a team to score a hundred goals in one game.
   2. (ambitransitive) To achieve academic credit on a test, quiz, homework, assignment, or course.
      • No, Butthead, that's my point. You didn't score. You got a zero.1996 March 5, Mike Judge, “Substitute”, in Beavis and Butthead, season 6, episode 18, Mr. Van Driessen (actor)
   3. (ambitransitive) To win money by gambling.
      • […] he scored big by hitting the jack pot at the Bellagio (he won $7,000). The next day, he won $15,000 on the nickel machines at the Palm Casino!2005, Shannon Nash, For the Love of Money, page 215

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