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Scalp

Noun

Definiciones

1.NounThe top of the head; the skull.
2.NounThe 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."
3.NounA 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."
4.NounThe skin of the head of a stag, to which the horns are attached.
5.NounA victory, especially at the expense of someone else.
6.NounA bed or stratum of shellfish.
7.NounThe top; the summit.
8.VerbTo remove the scalp (part of the head from where the hair grows), by brutal act or accident.
9.VerbTo resell, especially tickets, usually for an inflated price, often illegally.
"Tickets were being scalped for $300."
10.VerbTo bet on opposing competitors so as to make a profit from the bookmaker.
11.VerbOn 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).
12.VerbTo screen or sieve ore before further processing.
"scalped ore"
13.VerbTo remove the skin of.
14.VerbTo remove the grass from.
15.VerbTo destroy the political influence of.
16.VerbTo brush the hairs or fuzz from (wheat grains, etc.) in the process of high milling.
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