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statto

statto noun: a person with a keen interest in statistics, particularly in sport.

Noun

statto (plural stattos)

  1. (UK, slang) A person with a keen interest in statistics, particularly in sport.
    • Soccer turns me into a statto […]1997, Hwee Hwee Tan, Foreign Bodies
    • During the (rare) promotion season in 2003-2004 they managed a series of results that, if it were not for a local eagle-eyed statto type, might have gone unnoticed.2004, Geoff Harvey, Vanessa Strowger, Rivals: The Offbeat Guide to the 92 League Clubs
    Synonyms:
    stathead

Examples of statto in a sentence

  • […] see if sheepskin statto Motty can snatch the Best Commentator title from Manchester United's number one fan Clive Tyldesley […]2005, Larry Ryan, Gareth Power, Paul Little, The Gaffta Awards:
  • Being a "statto" (my profession), I am also excited by the time barriers that us roadrunners face.2007, P Robinson, The Healing Power of Exercise:

Synonyms of statto

Forms of statto

pluralstattos

Origin of statto

Diminutive form of statistician or related term, + -o.

Questions about statto

What does statto mean?
Statto means a person with a keen interest in statistics, particularly in sport.
How do you use statto in a sentence?
[…] see if sheepskin statto Motty can snatch the Best Commentator title from Manchester United's number one fan Clive Tyldesley […]
What part of speech is statto?
Statto is a noun.
What is the plural of statto?
The plural of statto is stattos.

Words near statto in the dictionary

  1. statted
  2. statted out
  3. Statter
  4. statting
  5. statting out
  6. statto
  7. Statton
  8. Stattons
  9. stattos
  10. statty
  11. statu quo

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