yorker.
A ball bowled so as to bounce at or near the batsman's popping crease.
Meaning & usage
A 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.
Where this word comes from
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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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.