SCALP


Meaning of SCALP in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ skælp ]

( scalps, scalping, scalped)

1.

Your scalp is the skin under the hair on your head.

He smoothed his hair back over his scalp...

N-COUNT : usu sing

2.

To scalp someone means to remove the skin and hair from the top of their head.

He pretended to scalp me with his sword.

VERB : V n

3.

A scalp is the piece of skin and hair that is removed when someone is scalped.

N-COUNT

4.

If someone scalps tickets, they sell them outside a sports ground or theatre, usually for more than their original value. ( AM; in BRIT, use tout )

He was trying to pick up some cash scalping tickets.

VERB : V n

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