Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An official who records the score throughout a game or competition.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Someone who keeps track of the
score at a sporting event or othercontest .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an official who records the score during the progress of a game
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word scorekeeper.
Examples
-
I mean, I really felt that my "scorekeeper" had kept a track of all my "broken promises" and how it has been feeding my perception of self in a negative light.
-
Rasmussen said he is simply a "scorekeeper," but his spike in clout has sharpened skepticism about how he tracks the dip in Democratic fortunes.
Pollster Scott Rasmussen's numbers are firing up Republicans and Democrats 2010
-
Rasmussen said he is simply a "scorekeeper," but his spike in clout has sharpened skepticism about how he tracks the dip in Democratic fortunes.
Pollster Scott Rasmussen's numbers are firing up Republicans and Democrats 2010
-
Rasmussen said he is simply a "scorekeeper," but his spike in clout has sharpened skepticism about how he tracks the dip in Democratic fortunes.
Pollster Scott Rasmussen's numbers are firing up Republicans and Democrats 2010
-
As they left, some Indiana fans ran towards the scorer’s table and called the scorekeeper and clock operator cheaters.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Inside Basketball Jack Canfield 2009
-
As they left, some Indiana fans ran towards the scorer’s table and called the scorekeeper and clock operator cheaters.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Inside Basketball Jack Canfield 2009
-
It is able to spend this way because it acts as the "scorekeeper" in the US monetary system whose function it is to mark up or mark down the monetary resources of all those who use its monopoly currency.
Corrente 2010
-
Republican who was so disconnected with his brother's world and Illinois politics he was little more than a "scorekeeper" who kept tabs of donations.
chicagotribune.com - 2010
-
According to the Congressional Budget Office, the official "scorekeeper" for federal legislation, the Republican health care proposal will reduce private health insurance premiums by up to 10 percent, expand coverage to three million uninsured people, and reduce the federal deficit by $68 billion over the next 10 years.
-
That's not just my personal diagnosis as a doctor or a Republican; it's the conclusion of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office - the neutral "scorekeeper" that determines the cost of major bills.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.