skelp.
To beat or slap with the hand.
Meaning & usage
To beat or slap with the hand.
To beat, pound or hammer.
To drive by blows; to drive (hard), to cause to move rapidly.
To move briskly along; to run.
To rain heavily; (of rain) to fall.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English skelpen, probably of imitative origin. The noun is from Middle English skelp, from the verb.
A blow; a smart stroke, especially with the hand; a smack.
A squall; a heavy fall of rain.
A large portion.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English skelpen, probably of imitative origin. The noun is from Middle English skelp, from the verb.
A narrow strip of rolled or forged metal, ready to be bent and welded to form a pipe.
To form (a plate or bar of metal, etc.) into a skelp.
To bend round (a skelp) in tube-making.
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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.