"ground score" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ground scores [plural], groundscore [alternative]
Etymology: See slang verb score (“to acquire or gain”). Head templates: {{en-noun}} ground score (plural ground scores)
  1. (slang) A desirable item that a person finds abandoned on the ground and keeps. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-ground_score-en-noun-AHyJzLig Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 87 13

Verb

Forms: ground scores [present, singular, third-person], ground scoring [participle, present], ground scored [participle, past], ground scored [past], groundscore [alternative]
Etymology: See slang verb score (“to acquire or gain”). Head templates: {{en-verb}} ground score (third-person singular simple present ground scores, present participle ground scoring, simple past and past participle ground scored)
  1. (ambitransitive) (slang) To obtain a ground score. Tags: ambitransitive Derived forms: grindscore, grimescore
    Sense id: en-ground_score-en-verb-H6OK1rwn

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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