yorker
UK/ˈjɔː(ɹ)kə(ɹ)/US/ˈjɔɹkɚ/
yorker noun: a ball bowled so as to bounce at or near the batsman's popping crease.
Noun (1)
yorker (plural yorkers)
- A ball bowled so as to bounce at or near the batsman's popping crease.
- He bowled forty-seven toe crushing yorkers that resulted in the wickets of 6 batsmen.
- I felt rather than saw the next three balls as they whistled around my ears and the last ball was a yorker that could have easily been fired out of a howitzer.1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 8
- Synonyms:
- sandshoe crusher, tice
Noun (2) capitalized: Yorker
Yorker (plural Yorkers)
Noun (3) capitalized: Yorker
Yorker (plural Yorkers)
- An inhabitant of Vermont who took the position that Vermont was by rights a part of the state of New York during the dispute over the status of Vermont in the 1770s and 1780s.
yorker meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
yorker in Hindi
- यॉर्कर, यार्कर
yorker in Tamil
- யோர்கர், யார்க்கர், யொர்கர்
yorker in Marathi
- यॉर्कर, यार्कर
yorker in Urdu
- یارکر, یورکر
More languagesFewer languages
- yorker in Bengali
- ইয়র্কার, ইয়ার্কার
- yorker in Malayalam
- യോർക്കർ, യാർക്കർ, യൊർക്കർ
- yorker in Punjabi
- ਯਾਰਕਰ, ਯੌਰਕਰ
- yorker in Gujarati
- યોર્કર, યૉર્કર
- yorker in Odia
- ଯ଼ର୍କର, ଯ଼ର୍କର୍, ଯ଼ର୍କାର
- yorker in Nepali
- योर्कर, यॉर्कर
Synonyms of yorker
Forms of yorker
| plural | yorkers |
|---|---|
| plural | Yorkers |
Origin of yorker
Possibly from 18th- and 19th-century slang phrase "to pull Yorkshire on a person", meaning to trick or deceive them. Compare come Yorkshire over.
From York + -er (“inhabitant”).
From (New) York + -er (“person associated with”).
Words formed from yorker
Phrases with yorker
Words that rhyme with yorker
Questions about yorker
- What does yorker mean?
- Yorker means a ball bowled so as to bounce at or near the batsman's popping crease.
- What is yorker in Hindi?
- Yorker in Hindi is यॉर्कर, यार्कर. See Yorker meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is yorker?
- Yorker is a noun.
- How do you pronounce yorker?
- Yorker is pronounced /ˈjɔː(ɹ)kə(ɹ)/ (UK).
- What is the plural of yorker?
- The plural of yorker is yorkers.
Words near yorker in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: yorker (page history and authors); Yorker (page history and authors); yorker (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); yorker (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); yorker (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); yorker (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); yorker (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); yorker (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); yorker (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); yorker (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); yorker (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); yorker (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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