American Football

• safety

  A score in American football; a player is tackled behind his own goal line.

• touchdown

  A score in American football; being in possession of the ball across the opponents' goal...

• field goal

  A score in American football; a score made by kicking the ball between the opponents'...

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• run

  A score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely; "the Yankees scored 3 runs...

• field goal

  A score in basketball made by throwing the ball through the hoop.

• goal

  A successful attempt at scoring; "the winning goal came with less than a minute left to pl...

• conversion

  A successful free throw or try for point after a touchdown.

• hat trick

  (sports) three consecutive scores by one player or three scores in one game (as in cricket...

• break

  (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving; "he was up two...

• equalizer

  A score that makes the match even.

• bull's eye

  In target shooting: a score made by hitting the center of the target; "in repeated sets...

• strike

  A score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball; "he finished with three strikes...

• spare

  A score in tenpins; knocking down all ten after rolling two balls.

• break

  Any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare; "the break in the eighth frame...