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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024scalp /skælp/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Anatomythe skin of the upper part of the head.
- Anthropologya part of the human scalp taken from an enemy as a sign of victory.
v. - to cut or tear the scalp from:[~ + object]They scalped their victims.
- to resell (tickets, stocks, etc.) at unfairly high prices: [~ + object]to scalp tickets to a football game.[no object]caught scalping in the parking lot.
scalp•er, n. [countable]scalpers trying to sell football tickets. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024scalp (skalp),USA pronunciation n. - Anatomythe integument of the upper part of the head, usually including the associated subcutaneous structures.
- Anthropologya 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.
- Zoologythe integument on the top of the head of an animal.
- Informal Termsa small profit made in quick buying and selling.
v.t. - to cut or tear the scalp from.
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- to resell (tickets, merchandise, etc.) at higher than the official rates.
- to buy and sell (stocks) so as to make small quick profits.
- Metallurgyto plane down the surfaces of (an ingot, billet, or slab).
v.i. - Informal Termsto scalp tickets, stocks, or the like.
- Old Norse skālpr sheath (hence, metaphorically a covering)
- Middle English (north) (noun, nominal), perh. 1250–1300
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