scalp

noun · verbA2

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

scalps

1.
(dialectal)(now dialectal) The top of the head; the skull.
Đồng nghĩa: skull
2.
The part of the head where the hair grows from, or used to grow from.
3.
(figuratively)A victory, especially at the expense of someone else.
4.
(Scotland)A bed or stratum of shellfish.
Đồng nghĩa: scaup
5.
(figuratively)(figurative) The top; the summit.
Đồng nghĩa: summit

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

scalps

V_ing/Gerund

scalping

V_ed/pp

scalped

1.
To remove the scalp (part of the head from where the hair grows), by brutal act or accident.
2.
(Canada, US, slang)To resell, especially tickets, usually for an inflated price, often illegally.
Tickets were being scalped for $300.
Đồng nghĩa: resell
3.
(gambling) To bet on opposing competitors so as to make a profit from the bookmaker.
4.
(finance) 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).
5.
To screen or sieve ore before further processing.
scalped ore
Đồng nghĩa: sieve
6.
(surgery) To remove the skin of.
7.
(transitive)To remove the grass from.
8.
(transitive)To destroy the political influence of.
9.
(milling) To brush the hairs or fuzz from (wheat grains, etc.) in the process of high milling.

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Đồng nghĩa

skull scaup summit resell sieve

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English scalp, skalp, scalpe (crown of the head; skull). Originally a northern word, and therefore probably from a source, although the sense-development is unclear; compare Sylt Skolp, skálpr, skalp, schelp.