scoreboard

[ skawr-bawrd, skohr-bohrd ]

noun

a large, usually rectangular board in a ballpark, sports arena, or the like, that shows the score of a contest and often other relevant facts and figures, as the count of balls and strikes on a baseball batter.

Origin of scoreboard

First recorded in 1820–30; score + board

Words Nearby scoreboard

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How to use scoreboard in a sentence

When Brazil’s Luiz Francisco executed the final run of the day—it looked pretty promising—he and Palmer put their arms around each other to glance at the scoreboard.
American Skateboarders Are Totally Chill About Getting Beaten at Their Own Sport in the Olympics | Sean Gregory/Tokyo | August 5, 2021 | Time
So the defending 100-m Olympic champion pointed at the scoreboard before the finish, just like fellow Jamaican, Usain Bolt, did at the 2008 Beijing Games.
Elaine Thompson-Herah Breaks 100-m Olympic Record, Further Cementing Jamaica's Sprint Legend | Sean Gregory/Tokyo | July 31, 2021 | Time
The race was so close that Felix didn’t know whether she’d made the team until she saw the results on the scoreboard.
The Trials Is the Biggest Moment for Running Brands | Martin Fritz Huber | June 25, 2021 | Outside Online
Stephen Curry might not be busting scoreboards if not for the play-in.
What to know about the NBA’s play-in tournament and the 2021 playoffs | Ava Wallace | May 14, 2021 | Washington Post
If it didn’t tilt the scoreboard, it did turn the experience into a tunnel of cold gusts and doubt.
Max Scherzer and the Nationals overcome a howling wind to end their homestand on a high | Jesse Dougherty | April 21, 2021 | Washington Post

They tried to beat us on the ice physically and looked up at the scoreboard and saw it: 8-1.
Putin’s Hockey Pal Tells All: Slava Fetisov on ‘Red Army,’ Soviet Nostalgia, and What Drives Putin | Marlow Stern | October 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
But ultimately, pointing to the stock chart is like a football coach pointing to the scoreboard.
Jamie Dimon to Shareholders: Suck It | Daniel Gross | May 21, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
So if you think about it, dude, I'm 0-for-3 in marriage, But like in baseball, The scoreboard doesn't lie.
The Poetry of Charlie Sheen | Michael Solomon | March 1, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
So if you think about it dude, I'm 0-for-3 in marriage, but like in baseball, the scoreboard doesn't lie.
Charlie Sheen's 10 Worst Quotes, from Anti-Semitism to Alcoholism | The Daily Beast | February 25, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
What a second-hand civilization it is that grows passionate over a scoreboard with little electric lights!
A Preface to Politics | Walter Lippmann
Make a scoreboard on the blackboard, indicating each row by a number of letter.
My Book of Indoor Games | Clarence Squareman
The scoreboard proclaimed the discouraging totals: Den 1—14.
Dan Carter and the River Camp | Mildred A. Wirt
On the scoreboard the figures remained: Ridgley 20—Jefferson 14.
The Mark of the Knife | Clayton H. Ernst
On the scoreboard at the far end of the field the legend read: Hillmans 10Visitors 9.
The Turner Twins | Ralph Henry Barbour

British Dictionary definitions for scoreboard

scoreboard

/ (ˈskɔːˌbɔːd) /

noun

sport a board for displaying the score of a game or match

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