scalp

[ skalp ]

/ skælp /

noun

the integument of the upper part of the head, usually including the associated subcutaneous structures.

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.

any token of victory.

the integument on the top of the head of an animal.

Informal. a small profit made in quick buying and selling.

verb (used with object)

to cut or tear the scalp from.

Informal.

to resell (tickets, merchandise, etc.) at higher than the official rates.
to buy and sell (stocks) so as to make small quick profits.

to plane down the surfaces of (an ingot, billet, or slab).

verb (used without object)

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)

OTHER WORDS FROM scalp

scalp·er, noun scalp·less, adjective

Words nearby scalp

scalloping, scally, scallywag, scalogram, scaloppine, scalp, scalp lock, scalpel, scalping, scalpriform, scalprum

Example sentences from the Web for scalping

“The first way to reduce the volume of scalping is to keep the tickets out of the hands of scalpers,” he said.

12-12-12 Concert Ticket Scalpers: The Hurricane Sandy Benefit Spoilers |Winston Ross |December 13, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Finding the true culprit for the epidemic of scalping in the digital age is a little like figuring out who killed Davey Moore.

12-12-12 Concert Ticket Scalpers: The Hurricane Sandy Benefit Spoilers |Winston Ross |December 13, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
And sometimes those promoters and artists are themselves the ones doing the turning around and scalping.

12-12-12 Concert Ticket Scalpers: The Hurricane Sandy Benefit Spoilers |Winston Ross |December 13, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
They spent their time in hunting buffaloes, smoking pipes, lolling in the sun, and scalping each other's heads.

History of the Moravian Church |J. E. Hutton

There was no bounty then on English scalps, and the horror of the scalping knife was not threatened them.

Earth's Enigmas |Charles G. D. Roberts
Is not this, then, Scalping Peter, who bears so terrible a name on all this frontier?

Oak Openings |James Fenimore Cooper
Their route was marked by fire and the scalping knife; and neither age nor sex could afford exemption from their ferocity.

The Life of George Washington, Vol. 1 (of 5) |John Marshall
They'd a splendid chance of scalping the Orator that time—and not one of them even saw it!

Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 103, July 9, 1892 |Various

British Dictionary definitions for scalping (1 of 2)

scalping

/ (ˈskælpɪŋ) /

noun

a process in which the top portion of a metal ingot is machined away before use, thus removing the layer containing defects and impurities

British Dictionary definitions for scalping (2 of 2)

scalp

/ (skælp) /

noun

anatomy the skin and subcutaneous tissue covering the top of the head

(among North American Indians) a part of this removed as a trophy from a slain enemy

a trophy or token signifying conquest

hunting, mainly US a piece of hide cut from the head of a victim as a trophy or as proof of killing in order to collect a bounty

informal, mainly US a small speculative profit taken in quick transactions

Scot dialect a projection of bare rock from vegetation

verb (tr)

to cut the scalp from

informal, mainly US to purchase and resell (securities) quickly so as to make several small profits

informal to buy (tickets) cheaply and resell at an inflated price

Derived forms of scalp

scalper, noun

Word Origin for scalp

C13: probably from Scandinavian; compare Old Norse skalpr sheath, Middle Dutch schelpe, Danish skalp husk

Medical definitions for scalping

scalp

[ skălp ]

n.

The skin covering the top of the head.

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