Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

without troubling the scorers

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.01 in modern English

Syllables: with-out trou-bling the s-cor-ers
IPA

40

Scrabble Score

26

Letters

5

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

prep_phrase

Describing the manner of the dismissal of a batsman who is out without scoring any runs

Informal

Example Sentences

"Watson was caught and bowled for a fairly played eighteen, and Jardine again retired to the pavilion without troubling the scorers."
"The PE teacher, the putative authority on all things sporting, went out, as they say, without troubling the scorers."
"Mark Waugh came and went without troubling the scorers, leaving Australia at a perilous 2/16 with one man on the way to hospital."
"He was brought down to earth in Georgetown, however, ten days later, suffering the indignity of being run out without troubling the scorers in the victory over British Guiana."

Usage

Informal

Questions

What does without troubling the scorers mean?: Describing the manner of the dismissal of a batsman who is out without scoring any runs

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