ground score

noun

A desirable item that a person finds abandoned on the ground and keeps.

“This lighter was a ground score from the music festival.”

Meanings

nounground score (plural ground scores)

plural ground scores · alternative groundscore

  1. slangA desirable item that a person finds abandoned on the ground and keeps.

    This lighter was a ground score from the music festival.

verbground score (third-person singular simple present ground scores, present participle ground scoring, simple past and past participle ground scored)

present singular third person ground scores · participle present ground scoring · participle past ground scored · past ground scored · alternative groundscore

  1. ambitransitive(slang) To obtain a ground score.

Origin

See slang verb score (“to acquire or gain”).

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APA

ground score. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ground%20score

MLA

“ground score.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ground%20score. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ground score,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ground%20score.

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