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verb jɔːk [with object]Cricket (of a bowler) bowl out (a batsman) with a ball that pitches under the bat. 〔板球〕(投手)向(击球员)投贴板球 Hudson was finally yorked by Benjamin Example sentencesExamples - Australia's only other success came when Brett Lee yorked Indian captain Saurav Ganguly for 16.
- Davies had a big slice of fortune when he was yorked by Chris Holt with the score on 14, only for the umpire to signal no-ball.
- Lewry kept pitching the ball on middle stump, yorking Mark Ealham and Swann.
- David Obuya was the man sent in to stave of the hat-trick but he was yorked by Lee with the most perfect of deliveries.
- Five minutes later with the score at 110, Statham yorked him.
OriginLate 19th century: back-formation from yorker. Rhymesauk, baulk, Bork, caulk (US calk), chalk, cork, Dundalk, Falk, fork, gawk, hawk, Hawke, nork, orc, outwalk, pork, squawk, stalk, stork, talk, torc, torque, walk proper nounjɔːk A city in North Yorkshire, northern England, on the River Ouse; population 136,900 (est. 2009). The Romans occupied the site, known as Eboracum, from AD 71 until about AD 400; in AD 867 it was taken by the Vikings. It is the seat of the Archbishop of York and is noted for its magnificent cathedral, York Minster. |