Definition of scalp Scalp
/skæˈlp/ - [skatlp] - scalp
We found 24 definitions of scalp from 7 different sources.
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WordNet
NounPlural: scalps |
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| scalp - the skin that covers the top of the head; "they wanted to take his scalp as a trophy" | ||
| cutis, tegument, skin an outer surface (usually thin); "the skin of an airplane" | ||
| human head the head of a human being | ||
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| scalp - remove the scalp of; "The enemies were scalped" | ||
| take away, remove, withdraw, take take out or remove; "take out the chicken after adding the vegetables" | ||
| lift remove from a surface; "the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table" | ||
| scalp - sell illegally, as on the black market | ||
| sell persuade somebody to accept something; "The French try to sell us their image as great lovers" | ||
| criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking, crime, offence, offense (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- scalp (Noun)
The top of the head; the skull. - scalp (Noun)
The part of the head where the hair grows from, or used to grow from. - scalp (Noun)
A victory. - scalp (Noun)
A bed or stratum of shellfish; a scaup. - scalp (Verb)
To remove the scalp part of the head from where the hair grows, by brutal act or accident. - scalp (Verb)
To sell for a greatly inflated price to those in desperation, as in scalping tickets to a ball game. - scalp (Verb)
To screen or sieve ore before further processing. - scalp (Verb)
To remove the skin of. - scalp (Verb)
To brush the hairs or fuzz from wheat grains, etc. in the process of high milling.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- scalp (n.)
A bed of oysters or mussels. - scalp (n.)
That part of the integument of the head which is usually covered with hair. - scalp (n.)
A part of the skin of the head, with the hair attached, cut or torn off from an enemy by the Indian warriors of North America, as a token of victory. - scalp (n.)
Fig.: The top; the summit. - scalp (v. t.)
To deprive of the scalp; to cut or tear the scalp from the head of. - scalp (v. t.)
To remove the skin of. - scalp (v. t.)
To brush the hairs or fuzz from, as wheat grains, in the process of high milling. - scalp (v. i.)
To make a small, quick profit by slight fluctuations of the market; -- said of brokers who operate in this way on their own account.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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scalp
The skin covering the top of the human head and from which the hair grows.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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scalp
skalp, n. the outer covering of the skull or brain-case, including the skin, the expanded tendon of the occipito-frontalis muscle, with intermediate cellular tissue and blood-vessels: the skin on which the hair grows: the skin of the top of the head, together with the hair, torn off as a token of victory by the North American Indians: the skin of the head of a noxious wild animal: (her.) the skin of the head of a stag with the horns attached: a bed of oysters or mussels (Scot. Scaup).—v.t. to cut the scalp from: to flay: to lay bare: to deprive of grass: to sell at less than recognised rates: to destroy the political influence of.—ns. Scal′per, one who scalps; a machine for removing the ends of grain, as wheat or rye, or for separating the different grades of broken wheat, semolina, &c.: one who buys and sells railroad tickets, &c., at less than the official rates, a ticket-broker: an instrument used by surgeons for scraping carious bones (also Scal′ping-ī′ron); Scal′ping-knife, a knife, formerly a sharp stone, used by the Indians of North America for scalping their enemies; Scal′ping-tuft, a scalp-lock.—adj. Scalp′less, having no scalp, bald.—n. Scalp′-lock, a long tuft of hair left by the North American Indians as a challenge. [Old Dut. schelpe, a shell; cf. Ger. schelfe, a husk; a doublet of scallop.]
Wikipedia 
- The scalp is the anatomical area between the face and the neck.
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