SCALP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does scalp mean? 

• SCALP (noun)
  The noun SCALP has 1 sense:

1. the skin that covers the top of the head

  Familiarity information: SCALP used as a noun is very rare.

• SCALP (verb)
  The verb SCALP has 2 senses:

1. sell illegally, as on the black market

2. remove the scalp of

  Familiarity information: SCALP used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCALP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The skin that covers the top of the head

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Context example:

they wanted to take his scalp as a trophy

Hypernyms ("scalp" is a kind of...):

cutis; skin; tegument (a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch)

Holonyms ("scalp" is a part of...):

human head (the head of a human being)

Derivation:

scalp (remove the scalp of)

• SCALP (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they scalp    ... he / she / it scalps   
Past simple: scalped   
Past participle: scalped   
-ing form: scalping   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sell illegally, as on the black market

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "scalp" is one way to...):

sell (exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent)

Domain category:

crime; criminal offence; criminal offense; law-breaking ((criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

scalper (someone who buys something and resells it at a price far above the initial cost)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Remove the scalp of

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

The enemies were scalped

Hypernyms (to "scalp" is one way to...):

remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "scalp"):

lift (remove (hair) by scalping)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

scalp (the skin that covers the top of the head)

 Context examples 

A skin condition that primarily affects the scalp and face and presents as scaly inflammation.

(Erythematosquamous Dermatosis, NCI Thesaurus)

Malignant blue nevi are more commonly found on the scalp.

(Blue Nevus, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A congenital condition characterized by the absence of hair on the scalp or entire body.

(Congenital Alopecia, NCI Thesaurus)

A benign sweat gland neoplasm usually occurring in the scalp or the face.

(Cylindroma, NCI Thesaurus)

But blood had been shed, and it was through no whim of Wolf Larsen that he had gone over the side with his scalp laid open.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Tension headaches are due to tight muscles in your shoulders, neck, scalp and jaw.

(Headache, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)

You lose up to 100 hairs from your scalp every day.

(Hair Loss, NIH)

A device surgically placed under the scalp and used to deliver anticancer drugs to the fluid surrounding the brain and spinal cord.

(Ommaya reservoir, NCI Dictionary)

Hair loss usually from the scalp.

(Alopecia, NCI Thesaurus)

Applied to the scalp, the active tDCS targeted the brain region controlling behavior and reward.

(Brain stimulation limits calories consumed in adults with obesity, NIH)