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   scalp

   /skalp/

   noun

   • 1. the skin covering the head, excluding the face: "hair tonics will improve the condition of your hair and scalp"
   • ▪ the scalp with the hair belonging to it, cut or torn away from an enemy's head as a battle trophy (a practice associated with some North American Indian peoples). historical
   • ▪ used with reference to the defeat of an opponent: British "in rugby Gloucester claimed the scalp of would-be champions Bath"
   • 2. a bare rock projecting above surrounding water or vegetation. Scottish

   verb

   • 1. take the scalp of (an enemy) as a battle trophy: historical "none of the soldiers were scalped"
   • ▪ punish severely: informal "if I ever heard anybody doing that I'd scalp them"
   • 2. resell (shares or tickets) at a large or quick profit: informal North American "tickets were scalped for forty times their face value"

   Word Origin Middle English (denoting the skull or cranium): probably of Scandinavian origin.

   Derivatives

   • 1. scalpless adjective

   Scrabble Points: 9

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