scalp

CEFRB2

/skælp/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The skin covering the top of a person's head.

  2. 02

    verb

    To buy and resell tickets at a higher price.

Examples

  • She scratched her itch through the scalp to the brain.

  • My scalp is very itchy.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The part of the head where the hair grows from, or used to grow from.

  2. The top of the head; the skull.

  3. The skin of the head of a stag, to which the horns are attached.

More examples

In context

  • Some tribes used to collect scalps to prove how many of the enemy they had killed in battle.

  • Tickets were being scalped for $300.

  • By the bare scalpe of Robin Hoods fat Fryer, / This fellow were a King, for our wilde faction.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

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”).