Definitions for scalp

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scalp scalp

Spelling: [skalp]

IPA: /skælp/

Scalp is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 76 anagrams from letters in scalp (aclps).

Definitions for scalp

noun

1. the integument of the upper part of the head, usually including the associated subcutaneous structures.
2. a part of this integument with the accompanying hair, severed from the head of an enemy as a sign of victory, as by some North American Indians and others during the colonial and frontier periods in the U.S.
3. any token of victory.
4. the integument on the top of the head of an animal.
5. Informal. a small profit made in quick buying and selling.

verb (used with object)

1. to cut or tear the scalp from.
2. Informal. to resell (tickets, merchandise, etc.) at higher than the official rates. to buy and sell (stocks) so as to make small quick profits.
3. to plane down the surfaces of (an ingot, billet, or slab).

verb (used without object)

1. Informal. to scalp tickets, stocks, or the like.

Origin of scalp

1250-1300; Middle English (north) (noun), perhaps Old Norse skālpr sheath (hence, metaphorically a covering)

Examples for scalp

The hair was sandy; half of it had been burned to the scalp in a withering flame.

Ice was applied to his scalp, and the life of his benefactor was saved.

The scalp was taken in order that they might have the scalp dance.

Is he a stone that goes to the bottom, or does the scalp burn his head?

On average, humans lose between 50-150 scalp hairs each day.

It's no news that Engle's bunch is out for your scalp, is it?

Al Pacino comes dressed in black and gray, wearing multiple bracelets and an unkempt tuft of hair poking up from his scalp.

You see people in war paint or doing the tomahawk chop and saying, “scalp him.”

Feel your scalp tingle as my voice gently surprises you from behind.

Shivering, she sat up in bed and ran a hand across her scalp.