Meanings
yorker1
plural yorkers
- ball gamesA ball bowled so as to bounce at or near the batsman's popping crease.
He bowled forty-seven toe crushing yorkers that resulted in the wickets of 6 batsmen.
2 more examples
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.
1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 8He bowled Neesham, Henry and captain Mitchell Santner with perfect slower-ball yorkers to add sparkle to a superb team performance.
2026 March 8, Matthew Henry, “Superb India crush New Zealand to defend T20 title”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 08 Mar 2026Synonyms: sandshoe crusher, tice
Yorker2
Yorker3
plural Yorkers
- historicalAn 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.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA ball bowled so as to bounce at or near the batsman's popping crease.
Origin
yorker · noun
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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yorker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yorker
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