scalp
The top of the head; the skullThe top of the head; the skull.
Meaning
7 senses(dialectal)The top of the head; the skull.
Oberkopf
the skin that covers the top of the head
The part of the head where the hair grows from, or used to grow from.
Kopfhaut
скальпskalʹp, ко́жа головы́kóža golový
The part of the head where the hair grows from, or used to grow from.
(historical)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.
Some tribes used to collect scalps to prove how many of the enemy they had killed in battle.
Skalp
скальпskalʹp
The skin of the head of a stag, to which the horns are attached.
(figuratively)A victory, especially at the expense of someone else.
(Scotland)A bed or stratum of shellfish.
(figuratively)The top; the summit.
Examples
17 sentencesMy scalp is itchy.
deMir juckt die Kopfhaut. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
My scalp is very itchy.
ruКожа у меня на голове очень чешется. — Tonari
deMeine Kopfhaut juckt. — xtofu80
My scalp is really itchy.
My scalp itches.
It's a scalp disease.
deDas ist eine Erkrankung der Kopfhaut. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 3
Origin
From Middle English scalp, skalp, scalpe (“crown of the head; skull”). Originally a northeFrom Middle English scalp, skalp, scalpe (“crown of the head; skull”). Originally a northern word, and therefore probably from a North Germanic source, although the sense-development is unclear; compare Sylt North Frisian Skolp (“dandruff”), Old Norse skálpr (“sheath”), Old Swedish skalp, Dutch schelp (“shell”).
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Forms
plural: scalpsSynonyms
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11 related wordsSee also
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