Scalp Synonyms & Definitions

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• ScalpDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (n.) Fig.: The top; the summit.
2. (n.) A part of the skin of the head, with the hair attached, cut or torn off from an enemy by the Indian warriors of North America, as a token of victory.
3. (v. t.) To deprive of the scalp; to cut or tear the scalp from the head of.
4. (n.) A bed of oysters or mussels.
5. (v. t.) To remove the skin of.
6. (v. t.) To brush the hairs or fuzz from, as wheat grains, in the process of high milling.
7. (n.) That part of the integument of the head which is usually covered with hair.
8. (v. i.) To make a small, quick profit by slight fluctuations of the market; -- said of brokers who operate in this way on their own account.

• ScalpingDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scalp
2. () a. & n. from Scalp.

• ScalperDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (n.) A person who buys tickets for entertainment or sports events and sells them at a profit, often at a much higher price. Also, ticket scalper.
2. (n.) One who, or that which, scalps.
3. (n.) A broker who, dealing on his own account, tries to get a small and quick profit from slight fluctuations of the market.
4. (n.) A person who buys and sells the unused parts of railroad tickets.
5. (n.) Same as Scalping iron, under Scalping.