scalp

1. To remove the scalp (part of the head from where the hair grows), by brutal act or accident.

   remove the scalp of

2. (Canada, US, slang)To resell, especially tickets, usually for an inflated price, often illegally.

   Tickets were being scalped for $300.

3. To bet on opposing competitors so as to make a profit from the bookmaker.

4. 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).

5. To screen or sieve ore before further processing.

   scalped ore

6. To remove the skin of.

7. (transitive)To remove the grass from.

8. (transitive)To destroy the political influence of.

9. To brush the hairs or fuzz from (wheat grains, etc.) in the process of high milling.

1. My scalp is itchy.

   deMir juckt die Kopfhaut.

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2. My scalp is very itchy.

   ruКожа у меня на голове очень чешется.

   deMeine Kopfhaut juckt.

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3. My scalp is really itchy.

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4. My scalp itches.

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5. It's a scalp disease.

   deDas ist eine Erkrankung der Kopfhaut.

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