Scalp
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:9 ptsWWF:12 pts5 letters
Definition of Scalp
Noun
- The top of the head; the skull.
- 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."
- 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 skin of the head of a stag, to which the horns are attached.
- A victory, especially at the expense of someone else.
Verb
- 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"
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