scalp
scalp
englantipäänahka
Synonyymisanakirja
scalp
iho, tegumentti, cutis, päänahka, irrottaa, poistaa, ottaa pois, vetää jk pois jstak, skalpeerata, viedä päänahka, myydä mustassa pörssissä, myydä.
Englannin sanakirja
scalp (englanti > suomi)
scalp englanniksi
puhekieltä The top of the head; the skull.
The part of the head where the hair grows from, or used to grow from.
2014, Kaitlin Newman in Baltimore Sun, http://darkroom.baltimoresun.com/2014/11/ryan-diviney-anniversary/ Five years after beating, Ryan Diviney’s family holds out hope
c. 1590, (w), The Two Gentlemen of Verona
A part of the skin of the head, with the hair attached, formerly cut or torn off from an enemy by Native American warriors as a token of victory.
Some tribes used to collect scalps to prove how many of the enemy they had killed in battle.
A victory, especially at the expense of someone else.
1993, John Frohnmayer, Leaving Town Alive: Confessions of an Arts Warrior (page 331)
(rfquotek)
To remove the scalp (part of the head from where the hair grows), by brutal act or accident.
puhekieltä To resell, especially tickets, usually for an inflated price, often illegally.
scalped ore
puhekieltä To remove the skin of.
J. S. Wells
puhekieltä To brush the hairs or fuzz from (wheat grains, etc.) in the process of high milling.