yorker

English

Etymology

Possibly from 18th- and 19th-century slang phrase "to pull Yorkshire on a person", meaning to trick or deceive them. Compare come Yorkshire over.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈjɔː(ɹ)kə(ɹ)/

• Audio (Australian):

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)kə(ɹ)

Noun

yorker (plural yorkers)

1. (cricket) 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.

   • 1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 8:

     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.

   • 2026 March 8, Matthew Henry, “Superb India crush New Zealand to defend T20 title”, in BBC Sport‎^[1], archived from the original on 8 March 2026:

     He bowled Neesham, Henry and captain Mitchell Santner with perfect slower-ball yorkers to add sparkle to a superb team performance.

Synonyms

• sandshoe crusher
• tice

Derived terms

• york

See also

• Royal Yorker

Further reading

• yorker on Wikipedia.Wikipedia