scalp

/skælp/

/skælp/

Other forms: scalps; scalped; scalping

Definitions of scalp

1. noun

   the skin that covers the top of the head
   “they wanted to take his scalp as a trophy”

   type of:

   cutis, skin, tegument

   a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch
2. verb

   remove the scalp of
   “The enemies were scalped”

   types:

   lift

   remove (hair) by scalping

   type of:

   remove, take, take away, withdraw

   remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
3. verb

   sell illegally, as on the black market
   type of:

   sell

   exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent