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Definitions and meaning of scalp

scalp

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skælp/
• Rhymes: -ælp

Noun

scalp (plural scalps)

1. (now dialectal) The top of the head; the skull.

   Synonym: skull

2. The part of the head where the hair grows from, or used to grow from.
   1. (historical) 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.

   2. (heraldry) The skin of the head of a stag, to which the horns are attached.
3. (figuratively) A victory, especially at the expense of someone else.
4. (Scotland) A bed or stratum of shellfish.

   Synonym: scaup

5. (figurative) The top; the summit.

   Synonym: summit

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Verb

scalp (third-person singular simple present scalps, present participle scalping, simple past and past participle scalped)

1. To remove the scalp (part of the head from where the hair grows), by brutal act or accident.
2. (Canada, US, slang) To resell, especially tickets, usually for an inflated price, often illegally.

   Synonym: resell
3. (gambling) To bet on opposing competitors so as to make a profit from the bookmaker.
4. (finance) 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.

   Synonym: sieve

6. (surgery) To remove the skin of.
7. (transitive) To remove the grass from.
8. (transitive) To destroy the political influence of.
9. (milling) To brush the hairs or fuzz from (wheat grains, etc.) in the process of high milling.

Derived terms

• scalper
• scalping
• scalping knife
• scalping tuft
• unscalped

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See also

• (financial depredation senses): haircut

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Anagrams

• calps, claps, clasp

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English scalp.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skɑlp/
• Hyphenation: scalp

Noun

scalp m (plural scalpen or scalps)

1. scalp (hair-covered skin, especially as a trophy)

Derived terms

• scalperen

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French scalp.

Noun

scalp n (plural scalpuri)

1. scalp

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