scalp

Plural: scalps

Noun

the skin that covers the top of the head
- "they wanted to take his scalp as a trophy"
The top of the head; the skull.
The part of the head where the hair grows from, or used to grow from.
The part of the head where the hair grows from, or used to grow from.
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.
The part of the head where the hair grows from, or used to grow from.
The skin of the head of a stag, to which the horns are attached.
A victory, especially at the expense of someone else.
A bed or stratum of shellfish.
The top; the summit.

Verb

Verb Forms: scalped, scalping, scalps

To remove the scalp, or to buy and resell for profit.
sell illegally, as on the black market
remove the scalp of
- "The enemies were scalped"
To remove the scalp (part of the head from where the hair grows), by brutal act or accident.
To resell, especially tickets, usually for an inflated price, often illegally.
To bet on opposing competitors so as to make a profit from the bookmaker.
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).
To screen or sieve ore before further processing.
To remove the skin of.
To remove the grass from.
To destroy the political influence of.
To brush the hairs or fuzz from (wheat grains, etc.) in the process of high milling.

Examples

He managed to SCALP his opponent of valuable points by blocking a key triple word lane.
scalped ore
Some tribes used to collect scalps to prove how many of the enemy they had killed in battle.
Tickets were being scalped for $300.

Origin / 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

resell, scaup, sieve, skull, summit

Scrabble Score: 9

scalp: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
scalp: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
scalp: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

scalp: valid Words With Friends Word