English Explanatory Dictionary

scalp

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The top of the head; the skull.
  2. The part of the head where the hair grows from, or used to grow from.
  3. A part of the skin of the head, with the hair attached, formerly cut or torn off from an enemy by warriors in some cultures as a token of victory.
  4. The skin of the head of a stag, to which the horns are attached.
  5. A victory, especially at the expense of someone else.
  6. A bed or stratum of shellfish.
  7. The top; the summit.
verb
  1. To remove the scalp (part of the head from where the hair grows), by brutal act or accident.
  2. To resell, especially tickets, usually for an inflated price, often illegally.
  3. To bet on opposing competitors so as to make a profit from the bookmaker.
  4. On an open outcry exchange trading floor, to buy and sell rapidly for one's own account, aiming to buy from a seller and a little later sell to a buyer, making a small profit from the difference (roughly the amount of the bid/offer spread, or less).
  5. To screen or sieve ore before further processing.
  6. To remove the skin of.
  7. To remove the grass from.
  8. To destroy the political influence of.
  9. To brush the hairs or fuzz from (wheat grains, etc.) in the process of high milling.

Pronunciation

/skælp/ en-us-scalp.ogg

Word forms

scalp scalps scalping scalped

Etymology

From Middle English scalp, skalp, scalpe (“crown of the head; skull”). Originally a northern word, and therefore probably from a North Germanic source, although the sense-development is unclear; compare Sylt North Frisian Skolp (“dandruff”), Old Norse skálpr (“sheath”), Old Swedish skalp, Dutch schelp (“shell”).

Synonyms

skull scaup summit resell sieve

Related words

haircut

Derived words

bulldog scalp hemiscalp scalpal scalp-ear-nipple syndrome scalped scalphunter scalphunting scalpless scalp lock scalp ringworm scalpy scalpee scalper scalping scalping knife scalping tuft unscalped

Translations

Afrikaans: kopvel Arabic: فَرْوَة اَلرَّأْس Bulgarian: скалп Catalan: cuir cabellut Cherokee: ᎤᏍᏗᏁᎦᎸᎢ Chinese Mandarin: 頭皮 /头皮 Danish: hovedskalp Dutch: kruin Esperanto: skalpo Finnish: hiusmarto French: cuir chevelu Galician: coiro cabeludo German: Kopfhaut Hebrew: קרקפת Hungarian: skalp Irish: craiceann an chinn Italian: scalpo Italian: cotenna Italian: cuoio capelluto Japanese: 頭皮 Khmer: ស្បែកក្បាល Latin: calva Latvian: skalps Macedonian: скалп Malayalam: തലയോട്ടി Malayalam: ഓട്ടി Māori: kiri angaanga Māori: kawiu Norwegian Bokmål: hodebunn Polish: góra głowy Portuguese: couro cabeludo Russian: скальп Russian: ко́жа головы́ Serbo-Croatian: vlasište Serbo-Croatian: vlasnik Southern Altai: баштыҥ терези Spanish: cuero cabelludo Spanish: pericráneo Swedish: huvudsvål Swedish: skalp Thai: หนังศีรษะ Thai: หนังหัว Turkish: kafa derisi Turkish: saç derisi Turkmen: kelläň depesi Vietnamese: da đầu Volapük: skalp
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