yorker
/ˈjɔːkə
/noun Cricket
A ball bowled so that it pitches immediately under the bat: he bowls a good yorker...
- Pollock bowled a yorker aimed at off-stump which Kumble edged towards the third man boundary.
- I was completely inexperienced; I didn't know how to take the pace off the ball or how to bowl yorkers.
- He likes bowling yorkers, as two Western Australians, the all-rounder Darren Wates and wicketkeeper Ryan Campbell, can testify.
Origin
Probably from York, suggesting its introduction by Yorkshire players.
Rhymes
- Military Medal
- military-minded
- military offence
- military offense
- military orchid
- military orchis
- military police
- military policeman
- military policewoman
- military press
- military reservation
- military reserve
- military school
- military science
- Military Secretary
- military service
- military settler
- military tenure
- military time
- military tribune
- military two-step
- militate
- militia
- militia band
- militiaman