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English

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, Middle Dutch schelpe (“shell”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skælp/

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.
   • c. 1590, William Shakespeare, The Two Gentlemen of Verona

     By the bare scalpe of Robin Hoods fat Fryer, / This fellow were a King, for our wilde faction.

   • 2014, Kaitlin Newman in Baltimore Sun, Five years after beating, Ryan Diviney’s family holds out hope

     The original titanium mesh plate that was inserted in the summer of 2010 was removed last June since it was causing his scalp to break down.

3. (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.

4. (heraldry) The skin of the head of a stag with the horns attached.
5. (figuratively) A victory, especially at the expense of someone else.
6. (Scotland) A bed or stratum of shellfish.

   Synonym: scaup

7. (figuratively) The top; the summit.

   Synonym: summit

Derived terms

• scalped
• scalpless
• scalpy

Descendants

• ? Danish: skalp
• ? Dutch: scalp
• ? German: Skalp
• ? Hungarian: skalp
• ? Italian: scalpo
• ? Latvian: skalps
• ? Macedonian: ????? (skalp)
• ? Portuguese: escalpo
• ? Russian: ?????? (skal?p)
• ? Serbo-Croatian: ?????? (sk?lp)
• ? Swedish: skalp

Translations

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.
   • 2001, Peter Cozzens, Eyewitnesses to the Indian Wars, 1865-1890: Conquering the Southern Plains, Stackpole Books (?ISBN), page 507:

     Next morning, the Indians attacked us and one of our hunters, George Huffman, was killed and scalped. As soon as Baldwin heard the shooting, he came to our assistance.

2. (Canada, US, slang) To resell, especially tickets, usually for an inflated price, often illegally.

   Synonym: resell

   • 2011, Linda E. Swayne, Encyclopedia of Sports Management and Marketing, SAGE (?ISBN), page 324:

     Tickets sold online through Craigslist, eBay, and other forums, where the purchaser cannot physically see them, run a greater risk of being counterfeit—but counterfeiters have been known to scalp tickets in person outside the venue as well, […]

3. (gambling) To bet on opposing competitors so as to make a profit from the bookmaker.
   • 1961, John Scarne, Complete Guide to Gambling (page 102)

     The only sure thing about scalping the Series today is that the scalper is paying the bookie a greater profit because he is making a greater number of bets.

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.
   • J. S. Wells

     We must scalp the whole lid [of the eye].

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.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)

Derived terms

• scalper
• scalping
• unscalped

Translations

Anagrams

• calps, claps, clasp

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English scalp.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sk?lp/
• Hyphenation: skalp

Noun

scalp m (plural scalpen or scalps)

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

Derived terms

• scalperen

Romanian

Etymology

From French scalp

Noun

scalp n (plural scalpuri)

1. scalp

Declension

English

Etymology

de- +? corticate

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /di??k??t?ke?t/

Verb

decorticate (third-person singular simple present decorticates, present participle decorticating, simple past and past participle decorticated)

1. (transitive) To peel or remove the bark, husk, or outer layer from something.
2. (transitive) To surgically remove the surface layer, membrane, or fibrous cover of an organ etc.

Synonyms

• (remove bark): excorticate, delibrate

Derived terms

• decorticated
• decortication
• hemidecorticate

Translations

Italian

Adjective

decorticate f pl

1. feminine plural of decorticato

Verb

decorticate

1. second-person plural present indicative of decorticare
2. second-person plural imperative of decorticare
3. feminine plural of decorticato

Latin

Verb

d?cortic?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of d?cortic?