scalp

English

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Etymology

Originally a northern word, and therefore presumed to come from a Scandinavian source, although the sense-development is unclear; compare Old Norse skálpr (“sheath”), Middle Dutch schelpe (“shell”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /skælp/

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Noun

scalp (plural scalps)

1. (now dialectal) The top of the head; the skull.

   Some tribes used to collect scalps to prove how many of the enemy they had killed in battle.

2. (anatomy) The part of the head where the hair grows from, or used to grow from
3. A victory.

   It turns out old Tweets can come back to haunt you! Or at least derail your political aspirations. Yes, social media has claimed its first scalp with Twitter drawing first blood on the election trail. [1]

4. (Scotland) A bed or stratum of shellfish; a scaup.

Derived terms

• scalpless
• scalpy

Translations

top of the head

• Finnish: päälaki (fi)
• Swedish: hjässa (sv) c

• Tagalog: (literally) anit (tl) n

part of head where the hair grows

• Arabic: فروة الرأس (ar) (fárwat al-ra's) f
• Catalan: cuir cabellut (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 頭皮 (cmn), 头皮 (cmn) (tóupí)

• Dutch: kruin (nl) c
• Finnish: päänahka (fi)
• French: cuir chevelu (fr) m
• German: Skalp (de) m, Kopfhaut (de) f
• Hebrew: קרקפת (he) (karkéfet) f
• Hungarian: skalp (hu)
• Italian: scalpo (it) m
• Japanese: 頭皮 (ja) (とうひ, tōhi)

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• Maori: kiri angaanga (mi)
• Portuguese: couro cabeludo (pt) m
• Russian: скальп (ru) (skal'p) m, кожа головы (ru) (kóža golový) f
• Serbian: vlasište n, vlasnik f
• Spanish: cuero cabelludo (es) m
• Swedish: huvudsvål (sv) c, skalp (sv) c
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
• Volapük: skalp (vo)

victory

• Finnish: päänahka (fi)

• Swedish: skalp (sv) c

bed of shellfish — see scaup

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.
2. (slang) To sell for a greatly inflated price to those in desperation, as in scalping tickets to a ball game.
3. To screen or sieve ore before further processing

   scalped ore

4. (surgery) To remove the skin of.
   • J. S. Wells

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

5. (milling) To brush the hairs or fuzz from (wheat grains, etc.) in the process of high milling.

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Translations

to remove part of the head

• Czech: skalpovat (cs)
• Finnish: viedä päänahka (fi)
• French: scalper (fr)
• Hungarian: skalpol (hu), megskalpol (hu)
• Italian: fare lo scalpo (it), scotennare (it)

• Portuguese: escalpelar (pt)
• Romanian: scalpa (ro)
• Spanish: descabellar (es)
• Swedish: skalpera (sv)

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