scalp.
The top of the head; the skull.
Meaning & usage
The top of the head; the skull.
The part of the head where the hair grows from, or used to grow from.
The part of the head where the hair grows from, or used to grow from. 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.
Some tribes used to collect scalps to prove how many of the enemy they had killed in battle.
The part of the head where the hair grows from, or used to grow from. The skin of the head of a stag, to which the horns are attached.
A victory, especially at the expense of someone else.
A bed or stratum of shellfish.
The top; the summit.
Where this word comes from
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, Dutch schelp (“shell”).
To remove the scalp (part of the head from where the hair grows), by brutal act or accident.
To resell, especially tickets, usually for an inflated price, often illegally.
Tickets were being scalped for $300.
To bet on opposing competitors so as to make a profit from the bookmaker.
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).
To screen or sieve ore before further processing.
scalped ore
To remove the skin of.
To remove the grass from.
To destroy the political influence of.
To brush the hairs or fuzz from (wheat grains, etc.) in the process of high milling.
Where this word comes from
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, Dutch schelp (“shell”).
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.