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score
English
Etymology
From Middle English score, skore, schore, from Old English scoru (“notch; tally; score”), from Old Norse skor, from Proto-Germanic *skur? (“incision; tear; rift”), which is related to *skeran? (“to cut”).
Cognate with Icelandic skora, Swedish skåra, Danish skår. Related to shear.(For twenty: The mark on a tally made by drovers for every twenty beasts passing through a tollgate.)
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: skôr, IPA(key): /sk??/
- (General American) enPR: skôr?, IPA(key): /sk??/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: sk?r?, IPA(key): /sko(?)?/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /sko?/
- Rhymes: -??(?)
Noun
score (plural scores)
- The total number of goals, points, runs, etc. earned by a participant in a game.
- The number of points accrued by each of the participants in a game, expressed as a ratio or a series of numbers.
- The performance of an individual or group on an examination or test, expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol; a grade.
- Twenty, 20 (number).
- A distance of twenty yards, in ancient archery and gunnery.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)
- A weight of twenty pounds.
- (music) The written form of a musical composition showing all instrumental and vocal parts below each other.
- (music) The music of a movie or play.
- Subject.
- 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 245e.
- Well, although we haven't discussed the views of all those who make precise reckonings of being and not [being], we've done enough on that score.
- 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 245e.
- Account; reason; motive; sake; behalf.
- But left the trade, as many more / Have lately done on the same score.
- 1665, John Dryden, The Indian Emperour
- You act your kindness on Cydria's score.
- A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of account.
- An account or reckoning; account of dues; bill; debt.
- (US, crime, slang) a criminal act, especially:
- A robbery.
- A bribe paid to a police officer.
- An illegal sale, especially of drugs.
- A prostitute's client.
- A robbery.
- (US, vulgar, slang) A sexual conquest.
Usage notes
As a quantity, a score is counted as any other unit: ten score, twelve score, fourteen score, etc. (or tenscore, twelvescore). There is no word for 202; rather, twenty score is used, and twice that forty score.
Synonyms
- (prostitute's client): see Thesaurus:prostitute's client
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
score (third-person singular simple present scores, present participle scoring, simple past and past participle scored)
- (transitive) To cut a notch or a groove in a surface.
- (intransitive) To record the tally of points for a game, a match, or an examination.
- (transitive, intransitive) To obtain something desired.
- 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, chapter 50
- "Of course it would be hypocritical for me to pretend that I regret what Abraham did. After all, I've scored by it."
- To earn points in a game.
- To achieve (a score) in e.g. a test.
- 2004, Diane McGuinness, Early reading instruction: what science really tells us about how to teach reading
- At the end of first grade, the children scored 80 percent correct on this test, a value that remained unchanged through third grade.
- 2004, Diane McGuinness, Early reading instruction: what science really tells us about how to teach reading
- (slang) To acquire or gain.
- (US, crime, slang, of a police officer) To extract a bribe.
- (vulgar, slang) To obtain a sexual favor.
- 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, chapter 50
- (transitive) To provide (a film, etc.) with a musical score.
- 1974, New York Magazine (volume 7, number 45, page 98)
- Godfather II is nothing like ready. It is not yet scored, and thus not mixed. There remain additional shooting, looping, editing.
- 1974, New York Magazine (volume 7, number 45, page 98)
Synonyms
- (to cut a groove in a surface): groove, notch
- (to record the score): keep, score, tally
- (to earn points in a game):
- (to achieve a score in a test):
- (to acquire or gain): come by, earn, obtain; see also Thesaurus:receive
- (to extract a bribe): shake down
- (to obtain a sexual favor): pull
- (to provide with a musical score): soundtrack
Derived terms
Descendants
- ?? Irish: scóráil
Translations
Interjection
score!
- (US, slang) Acknowledgement of success
See also
- grade
References
- Tom Dalzell, The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English, 2008, page 846
Anagrams
- Corse, Crose, ROCEs, Secor, Sorce, ceros, cores, corse, creos, ocres
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from English score.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sko?r?/, [?s??o??]
Noun
score c (singular definite scoren, plural indefinite scorer)
- A score, a number of points earned.
Declension
Verb
score
- score a goal/point
- land (to acquire; to secure)
- (slang) steal
- persuade (someone) to have sex with oneself [from 1959]
Conjugation
Derived terms
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English score.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sko?.r?/
- Hyphenation: sco?re
Noun
score m (plural scores, diminutive scoretje n)
- score (number of points earned)
Derived terms
- scorebord
Related terms
- scoren
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English score.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sk??/
Noun
score m (plural scores)
- score (in a sport, game)
Derived terms
- scorer
Further reading
- “score” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- corse, Corse
- ocres
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- (of noun) skår
- (of verb) skåre
Etymology
Via English score, from Old Norse skor. Related to Old Norse skera (modern Norwegian Bokmål skjære).
Noun
score m (definite singular scoren, indefinite plural scorer, definite plural scorene)
- a score
Verb
score (imperative scor, present tense scorer, passive scores, simple past and past participle scora or scoret, present participle scorende)
- to score (earn points in a game)
Derived terms
- scorer
- scoring
- scoringsposisjon
- scoringssjanse
References
- “score” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “score” in The Ordnett Dictionary
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- (of noun) skår
- (of verb) skåre, skåra
- (of verb) scora
Etymology
Borrowed from English score. Doublet of skòr.
Noun
score m (definite singular scoren, indefinite plural scorar, definite plural scorane)
- a score
Verb
score (present tense scorar, past tense scora, past participle scora, passive infinitive scorast, present participle scorande, imperative scor)
- to score (earn points in a game)
References
- “score” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Spanish
Etymology
From English score.
Noun
score m (plural scores)
- (sports) score
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chip
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: ch?p, IPA(key): /t??p/
- Rhymes: -?p
Etymology 1
From Middle English chip, chippe, from Old English ?ipp (“chip; small piece of wood”), from Old English *?ippian (“to cut; hew”) – attested in Old English for?ippian (“to cut off”) –, from Proto-Germanic *kipp- (“to cut; carve; hack; chop”), from Proto-Indo-European *?eyb- (“to split; divide; germinate; sprout”). Related to Dutch kip, keep (“notch; nick; score”), Dutch kippen (“to hatch”), German Low German kippen (“to cut; clip; trim; shorten”), German kipfen (“to chop off the tip; snip”), Old Swedish kippa (“to chop”). Compare also chop.
The formally similar Old English ?ipp, ?ypp, ?yp (“a beam; log; stock; post”), from Proto-Germanic *kippaz (“log; beam”), whence Old Saxon kip (“post”), Old High German kipfa, chipfa (“axle, stave”) and Old Norse keppr (“cudgel, club”), ultimately from Latin cippus (“stake; pale; post”), is a different, unrelated word.
Noun
chip (plural chips)
- A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material.
- A damaged area of a surface where a small piece has been broken off.
- This cup has a chip in it.
- (games, gambling) A token used in place of cash.
- 2002, Albert H. Moorehead, Hoyle?s Rules of Games, page 46,
- If the second player does raise three chips, and all the other players drop, the player who opened may stay in by putting three more chips in the pot, for then he will have put in precisely as many chips as the second player.
- 2002, Albert H. Moorehead, Hoyle?s Rules of Games, page 46,
- (slang, dated) A sovereign (the coin).
- (electronics) A circuit fabricated in one piece on a small, thin substrate.
- 1986 September 1, Tom Moran, Lisa L. Spiegelman, New Chip Said to Contain Seven PC AT Chip Functions, InfoWorld, page 5,
- But sources close to the company said the chip contains two direct memory access controllers, two interrupt controllers, a timer, a memory mapper from Texas Instruments, and a Motorola Inc. real-time clock.
- 1986 September 1, Tom Moran, Lisa L. Spiegelman, New Chip Said to Contain Seven PC AT Chip Functions, InfoWorld, page 5,
- (electronics) A hybrid device mounted in a substrate, containing electronic circuitry and miniaturised mechanical, chemical and/or biochemical devices.
- 2002, Koji Ikuta, Atsushi Takahashi, Kota Ikeda, Shoji Maruo, User-Assembly Fully Integrated Micro Chemical Laboratory Using Biochemical IC Chips for Wearable/Implantable Applications, Yoshinobu Baba, Shuichi Shoji, Albert van den Berg (editors), Micro Total Analysis Systems 2002: Proceedings of the ?TAS 2002 Symposium, Volume 1, page 38,
- Fig. 4(a) shows a schematic design of the micropump chip.
- 2007, Elisabeth S. Papazoglou, Aravind Parthasarathy, Bionanotechnology, page 6,
- Fig. 0.3 is an image of the front and back views of a drug delivery microchip made of silicon and painted with gold, with a U.S. dime (10 cents). The chip in the picture consists of 34 nano-sized wells each of which is capable of housing 24 nl (nano liters) of drug. It is possible to make at least 400 wells or even 1000 or more in these chips which are very inexpensive, costing less tham $20 [22, 23].
- 2002, Koji Ikuta, Atsushi Takahashi, Kota Ikeda, Shoji Maruo, User-Assembly Fully Integrated Micro Chemical Laboratory Using Biochemical IC Chips for Wearable/Implantable Applications, Yoshinobu Baba, Shuichi Shoji, Albert van den Berg (editors), Micro Total Analysis Systems 2002: Proceedings of the ?TAS 2002 Symposium, Volume 1, page 38,
- (Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, especially in the plural) A fried strip of potato of square or rectangular cross-section; a french fry.
- Do you want sauce or mayonnaise on your chips?
- (US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, especially in the plural) A thin, crisp, fried slice of potato, or sometimes another vegetable; a crisp.
- they made their own potato chips from scratch, he ate a tortilla chip, served with a side of apple chips
- (sports) A shot during which the ball travels more predominantly upwards than in a regular shot, as to clear an obstacle.
- (curling) A takeout that hits a rock at an angle.
- A dried piece of dung, often used as fuel.
- (New Zealand, northern) A receptacle, usually for strawberries or other fruit.
- (cooking) A small, near-conical piece of food added in baking.
- chocolate chip
- A small rectangle of colour printed on coated paper for colour selection and matching. A virtual equivalent in software applications.
- (nautical) The triangular piece of wood attached to the log line.
- (historical) Wood or Cuban palm leaf split into slips, or straw plaited in a special manner, for making hats or bonnets.
- (archaic, derogatory) Anything dried up, withered, or without flavour.
- (golf) A low shot that travels further along the ground than it does in the air.
Usage notes
In New Zealand and Australia, where the term chip(s) can refer to either french fried potatoes or deep-fried potato slices, the dishes are distinguished as "hot chips" (french fried potatoes) or, in New Zealand, "cold chips" (deep-fried potato slices) when clarity is needed.
Synonyms
- (small piece broken off): flake
- (circuit): IC, integrated circuit, microchip, silicon chip
- (deep-fried or baked slice of vegetable): crisp (UK, Ireland)
- (deep-fried small column of potato): fry (mainly North America), French fries (mainly North America)
- (a receptacle for strawberries): punnet (British, New Zealand, Australia), pottle (New Zealand, southern)
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Catalan: xip
- ? Korean: ? (chip)
Translations
See also
- French fries
- fries
- potato wedge
- woodchip
Etymology 2
From Middle English chippen, from Old English *?ippian (“to cut; hew”) – attested in Old English for?ippian (“to cut off”) –, from Proto-Germanic *kipp- (“to cut; carve; hack; chop”), from Proto-Indo-European *?ey- (“to split; divide; germinate; sprout”). Related to Dutch kippen (“to hatch”), German Low German kippen (“to cut; clip; trim; shorten”), German kipfen (“to chop off the tip; snip”), Old Swedish kippa (“to chop”). Compare also chop.
Verb
chip (third-person singular simple present chips, present participle chipping, simple past and past participle chipped)
- (transitive) To chop or cut into small pieces.
- (transitive) To break small pieces from.
- Be careful not to chip the paint.
- (transitive, sports) To play a shot hitting the ball predominantly upwards rather than forwards. In association football specifically, when the shot is a shot on goal, the opposing goalkeeper may be the direct object of the verb, rather than the ball.
- 2014, Paul Doyle, "Southampton hammer eight past hapless Sunderland in barmy encounter", The Guardian, 18 October 2014:
- Koeman identified Southampton’s third as their finest goal of the game. Jack Cork, the most underrated player at a much-lauded club, swept the ball out wide to Tadic, who waited for Cork to run to the back post before chipping the ball across to him to slam in a deserved goal from close range, despite an attempted block by Vito Mannone.
- 2016, Andy Edwards, "VIDEO: San Jose’s Quincy Amarikwa chips, goes upper-90 from 35 yards out", NBCSports.com, 13 March 2016:
- Typically when someone scores a stunning goal this early in the season — it’s only Week 2 — it gets forgotten, or at the very least lost in the shuffle after eight more months of worthy GOTY candidates. Not this year, though, because no one is forgetting Amarikwa chipping Adam Kwarasey from 35 yards out and burying the ball in the top corner.
- 2014, Paul Doyle, "Southampton hammer eight past hapless Sunderland in barmy encounter", The Guardian, 18 October 2014:
- (transitive, automotive) to upgrade an engine management system, usually to increase power.
- (intransitive) To become chipped.
- This varnish chips easily.
- (intransitive, card games, often with "in") To ante (up).
- (transitive, informal) To fit (an animal) with a microchip.
- (Britain, transitive, often with "in") to contribute.
- Everyone needs to chip in £1 for George's leaving collection
- (also, to chip at) To make fun of.
Derived terms
- chip in
- chipped
- chipping
Translations
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English chip.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t??p/
- Hyphenation: chip
- Rhymes: -?p
Noun
chip m (plural chips, diminutive chipje n)
- (electronics, computing) A chip (one-piece circuit or hybrid device containing a circuit and another device).
Derived terms
- microchip
- nanochip
Hungarian
Etymology
Borrowed from English chip.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?t??ip]
Noun
chip
- Superseded spelling of csip.
Declension
References
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ç?p?/
Noun
chip m
- Lenited form of cip.
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English chip.
Noun
chip m (invariable)
- chip (small electronic component)
Min Nan
Polish
Alternative forms
- czip
Etymology
From English chip, from Middle English chip, chippe, from Old English ?ipp (“chip; small piece of wood”), from Old English *?ippian (“to cut; hew”), from Proto-Germanic *kipp- (“to cut; carve; hack; chop”), from Proto-Indo-European *?eyb- (“to split; divide; germinate; sprout”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t??ip/
Noun
chip m inan
- (electronics) chip (integrated circuit)
Declension
Derived terms
- (verb) chipowa?
- (adjective) chipowy
Further reading
- chip in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- chip in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
From Hungarian kép (“image”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kip/
Noun
chip n (plural chipuri)
- face, likeness
- picture, image
Declension
Synonyms
- fa??
- imagine
Derived terms
- închipui
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English chip.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t??ip/, [?t??ip]
Noun
chip m (plural chips)
- chip (circuit)
Derived terms
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