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Meaning
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.
●
In Heraldry:
The part of the
head
where the
hair
grows
from, or used to
grow
from.
The
skin
of the
head
of a
stag
, to which the
horns
are attached.
●
A
victory
, especially
at the expense of
someone else.
●
In Scottish English:
A
bed
or
stratum
of shellfish.
●
The
top
; the summit.
Verb
●
To
remove
the
scalp
(part of the
head
from where the
hair
grows
), by
brutal
act
or accident.
●
In American English & Canadian English:
To
resell
, especially
tickets
, usually for an
inflated
price, often illegally.
●
In Gambling:
To
bet
on
opposing
competitors
so as to
make a
profit
from the bookmaker.
●
In 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).
●
To
screen
or
sieve
ore
before further processing.
●
In Surgery:
To
remove
the
skin
of.
●
To
remove
the
grass
from.
●
To
destroy
the political influence of.
●
To
brush
the
hairs
or
fuzz
from (wheat
grains
, etc.)
in the process of
high milling.
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Wiktionary
Synonyms
Skull
Scaup
Summit
Resell
Sieve
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