Although specific meanings vary from
country to country, I will attempt to produce an exhaustive list here.
1) A generic term for achieving an advantage in a sports game (verb, occasionally noun).
2) An amount due; a debt (noun).
3) A grievance that is harbored and requires satisfaction (noun).
4) A group of
20 items (noun).
4a) The amount of
20 pounds (noun)
5) The act of securing an advantage, especially a surprising or significant gain (noun).
6) The act or an instance of buying illicit drugs (noun-verb).
7) A successful robbery (noun).
8) A sexual conquest (noun-verb).
8a) Kissing someone, esp French kissing them (noun-verb, largely
Irish-centric
slang).
9) An exclamation of pleasure when learning of good news.
1) "I scored three goals against the
High School the other
day."
"He got a score in on that ponce of a keeper."
2) "I've been meaning to settle that score with you for that plastering job."
3) "Me and Jim have a score to settle about that dog I ran over, bloody thing jumped in the middle of the road."
4) "Fourscore and seven years ago..."
4a) "He owes me a score from when he went down the
chip shop."
5) "We'
re really got a score over them on this real estate deal."
6) "I've got the shakes awful
bad, we've got to score like right now."
"Here's a score, now give us a tenner."
7) "That bank job the other
day was a right score."
8) "I scored her last night and all, and she were screaming her head off."
"She was an old score, never mind her."
8a) "Ah yeah I scored that bird over there in the blue dress!"
9) "Ma'
s getting pizza! Score!"
