English-Finnish translations for scalp

Definition of scalp

  • 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
  • The skin of the head of a stag with the horns attached
  • A bed or stratum of shellfish
  • The top; the summit
  • To remove the scalp , by brutal act or accident
  • To resell, especially tickets, usually for an inflated price, often illegally
  • 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 remove the skin of
  • To remove the grass from
  • To brush the hairs or fuzz from in the process of high milling

Examples

  • Some tribes used to collect scalps to prove how many of the enemy they had killed in battle
  • Tickets were being scalped for $300
  • scalped ore

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