Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

half-tracker

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.62 in modern English

Syllables: half--track-er
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A ball bowled so as to pitch roughly half way down the wicket, i.e. half-way between batsman and bowler. (From a slow bowler this is a poor delivery, likely to be hit to the boundary.)

Example Sentences

"We'd got ourselves into a great position, and if I'd hit that half-tracker for six, we would've won the game."

Inflected Forms

half-trackers (plural)

Questions

What does half-tracker mean?: A ball bowled so as to pitch roughly half way down the wicket, i.e. half-way between batsman and bowler. (From a slow bowler this is a poor delivery, likely to be hit to the boundary.)

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