york
English meaning: York
Definition
To bowl a yorker at a batsman, especially to get a batsman out in this way.
Example
“The fast bowler yorked the tailender with a perfect delivery.”
Another example: “He was yorked first ball and trudged back to the pavilion.”
Usage — When, Where & How
As a proper noun, York is a historic English city and the name of a royal house and US state ('New York'). As a verb (chiefly British, cricket slang) 'to york' means to bowl a yorker that lands at the batsman's feet. The cricketing verb is informal and specialist.
Etymology & Origin
English — Origin & History
From the place name York (Old English 'Eoforwic', later Norse 'Jórvík'); the cricketing verb derives from 'yorker', perhaps from the city's association with the delivery.
Synonyms
- bowl out
- clean bowl
Related Words
Common Collocations
- new york
- duke of york
- house of york
- york him out
- yorked the batsman
- york stone
Word Forms
york (v); yorks; yorked; yorking; yorker (n)
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Literary Heritage
“To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.”
/To thine own self be true/
“Be honest with yourself — and as naturally as night follows day, you will be unable to be false to others.”
“I'm nobody! Who are you? Are you nobody, too?”
/I'm nobody! Who are you?/
“I am nobody — and that quiet anonymity is more honest than the noise of public fame.”
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