Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yorker

/ˈjɔɹkɚ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.49 in modern English

Syllables: york-er
IPA: /ˈjɔɹkɚ/

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A ball bowled so as to bounce at or near the batsman's popping crease.

noun

Someone from York, England.

noun

An inhabitant of Vermont who took the position that Vermont was by rights a part of the state of New York during the dispute over the status of Vermont in the 1770s and 1780s.

Example Sentences

"He bowled forty-seven toe crushing yorkers that resulted in the wickets of 6 batsmen."
"I felt rather than saw the next three balls as they whistled around my ears and the last ball was a yorker that could have easily been fired out of a howitzer."
"He bowled Neesham, Henry and captain Mitchell Santner with perfect slower-ball yorkers to add sparkle to a superb team performance."

Etymology

Possibly from 18th- and 19th-century slang phrase "to pull Yorkshire on a person", meaning to trick or deceive them. Compare come Yorkshire over.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: York, New York

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈjɔɹkɚ/
British English: /ˈjɔː(ɹ)kə(ɹ)/

Inflected Forms

yorkers (plural)

Derived Forms

york

Phrases

Royal Yorker East Yorker New Yorker

Frequently Paired Words

Royal Yorker East Yorker New Yorker Yorkist

Synonyms

sandshoe crusher tice

Rhymes With

corker porker forker forquer new yorker kwashiorkor

Questions

How do you pronounce yorker?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈjɔɹkɚ/.
What does yorker mean?: A ball bowled so as to bounce at or near the batsman's popping crease.
Where does yorker come from?: Possibly from 18th- and 19th-century slang phrase "to pull Yorkshire on a person", meaning to trick or deceive them. Compare come Yorkshire over.

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