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Meaning of scalp
noun
- The top of the head; the skull.
- The part of the head where the hair grows from, or used to grow from.
- 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. Example: Some tribes used to collect scalps to prove how many of the enemy they had killed in battle.
- The skin of the head of a stag with the horns attached.
- A victory, especially at the expense of someone else.
verb
- To remove the scalp (part of the head from where the hair grows), by brutal act or accident.
- To resell, especially tickets, usually for an inflated price, often illegally. Example: Tickets were being scalped for $300.
- 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).
- To screen or sieve ore before further processing. Example: scalped ore
- To remove the skin of.
Source: Free Dictionary API.
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