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Definitions: Scalp |
ScalpNoun1. The skin that covers the top of the head; "they wanted to take his scalp as a trophy". Verb1. Sell illegally, as on the black market. 2. Remove the scalp of; "The enemies were scalped". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "scalp" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Mining | A. The process of removing oversize lumps on a continuous basis from a stream of bulk material. b. Removing large pieces of mine waste from run-of-mine coal, usually whenpassing over a screen, on way to the preparation plant. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
SCALP | English | Safety call and localisation of elderly and disabled people | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
| Synonym by domain: scalped (medicine). |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Divestment | Verb: divest; uncover; (cover; ); denude, bare, strip; disfurnish; undress, disrobe; (dress, enrobe; ); uncoif; dismantle; put off, take off, cast off; doff; peel, pare, decorticate, excoriate, skin, scalp, flay; expose, lay open; exfoliate, molt, mew; cast the skin. |
Roughness | Brush, hair, beard, shag, mane, whisker, moustache, imperial, tress, lock, curl, ringlet; fimbriae, pili, cilia, villi; lovelock; beaucatcher; curl paper; goatee; papillote, scalp lock. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Lyrics | Shut your yackin mouth, 'fore I blow the brain from out the back ya scalp ("Murder Murder (Remix) *"; performing artist: Eminem) I had an ornamental veil, but I couldn't bear to use it. When my hair was cropped, I craved covering, but now my hair itself is a veil, and the scalp inside is a scalp of a crazy and sleepy Comanche lies beneath this netting of the skin. ("Babelogue"; performing artist: Patti Smith) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Scalp Treatment (1952) Au pays du scalp (1931) The Scalp Merchant (1978) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Scalp Level, Cambria Co., Pa.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Open sores from scratching may cause malathion to sting the scalp. (references) | |
An EEG records brain waves detected by electrodes placed on the scalp. (references) | ||
By looking closely through the hair and scalp for nits, nymphs, or adults. (references) | ||
Minorities | Russia | On September 22, a group of teenagers attacked two Mormon missionaries in Krasnodar; both victims required stitches and one required minor surgery on his scalp. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | PHRENOLOGY, n. The science of picking the pocket through the scalp. It consists in locating and exploiting the organ that one is a dupe with. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Scalp" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 97.20% of the time. "Scalp" is used about 322 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 97.2% | 313 | 16,314 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 1.86% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.93% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 322 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "scalp": be after smb.'s scalp ♦ clamour for smb.'s scalp ♦ Recession of scalp line ♦ Scalp acupuncture ♦ Scalp acupuncture therapy ♦ Scalp Level ♦ scalp lock ♦ scalp massage ♦ to scalp. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "scalp": scalp-hunter. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
dry scalp | 133 |
itchy scalp | 130 |
scalp psoriasis | 102 |
scalp | 100 |
scalp disease | 71 |
scalp condition | 68 |
scalp sore | 67 |
ring worm scalp | 45 |
scalp problem | 41 |
scalp acne | 41 |
scalp infection | 37 |
scalp treatment | 36 |
fungus scalp | 34 |
bump scalp | 32 |
pimples on scalp | 31 |
scalp disorder | 31 |
scalp massage | 30 |
scalp massager | 28 |
eczema of the scalp | 26 |
scalp itch | 24 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "scalp"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | skalp, shes me të shtrenjtë, lëkurë e kokës, i heq skalpin. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | فروة الرأس, سلخ فروة الرأس, ضارب في البورصة (speculate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | скалпирам, скалп, трофей (prize, trophy), гола скала, гол връх, дребна печалба. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 皮 , 头皮. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | skalpovat, skalp, trofej (trophy), kùže na hlavì pokrytá vlasy. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | skalp. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | hoofdhuid. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | فرق سر (Crown, Peak, Skull), پوست فرق سر, پوست کندن ازسر, پوست سربامو, غربال (Harp, Jigger, Screen, Sieve), جمجمه (Brainpan, Cranium, Pan, Skull), الک (Harp, Sieve, Sift). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | päänahka, hiusmarto. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | scalp, cuir chevelu. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | skalp, Kopfhaut. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | εκδέρω την κόμην μετά του δέρματοσ, δέρμα κεφαλιού, δέρμα τησ κεφαλήσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | לקרקף, קרקפת (skull). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | skalp, hajas fejbőr, gömbölyded kopár hegytető, epikranon, bálnafej alsó állkapcsa nélkül. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | menguliti kepala, mencatutkan, kulit kepala. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | cuoio capelluto (intracutaneo-sebaceous hair system). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 皮 , 天辺 (apex, summit, top). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | とうひ (equal ratio, escape, evasion, flight, justice, pitchers fly, propriety, right or wrong, spruce tree, suppression of bandits), てっぺ" (apex, iron scraps, summit, top). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 머릿가죽. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | giarrey yn claigin jeh, fanney (bite, bite of wind, dress down, excoriation, flay, fleece, fly-fishing, skin, skinning, slash, slashing, slating, soak, tirade), claiginagh (capitate, cranial, skull-like), claigin (bowl, bowl of pipe, cranium, dome of head, pate, skull). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | alpscay tirar o escalpo de, esfolar (bark, desquamate, excoriation, flay, fleece, flench, flense, fling, fret, gall, graze, milk, pelting, rase, raw, raze, scale, skin, skinning, strip, to flay, to skin, to take off the skin), escalpo, escalpelar, escalpar, epicrânio, couro cabeludo (intracutaneo-sebaceous hair system). (various references) scalpa, scalp, pielea capului, face praf pe cineva, descoji (bark, decorticate, Hull, husk, Peel, rind, shell, skin). (various references) скальпировать, скальп, кожа черепа, наживаться. (various references) skalpirati, skalp, preprodavati karte po većoj ceni, lobanja (cranium, skull). (various references) cuero cabelludo. (various references) huvudsvål. (various references) kafa derisini yüzmek, kafa derisi. (various references) скальпувати, скальп, шкіра черепа, обдирати лузгу з зерна. (various references) hung hăng (aggressive, heady, swashbuckling, truculent, volcanic), gây gỗ (aggressive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | suhur. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "scalp": scalped, scalpel, scalpels, scalper, scalpers, scalping, scalps. (additional references) | |
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"Scalp" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: calp, Sacli, scail, scal, Scali, scalop, scalpe, scalr, scalu, Scalz, scap, Scappa, sceal, sceap, Sceli, schal, schalt, Schaup, scle, skal, skala, skelp, smalp. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: claps, clasp. | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-l-p-s" | |
-1 letter: alps, caps, clap, lacs, laps, pacs, pals, salp, slap. | |
-2 letters: alp, als, asp, cap, lac, lap, las, pac, pal, pas, sac, sal, sap, spa. | |
-3 letters: al, as, la, pa. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-l-p-s" | |
+1 letter: clamps, clasps, claspt, copals, pascal, places, placks, scalps. | |
+2 letters: alpacas, apicals, beclasp, caliphs, calpacs, calypso, capfuls, capless, caplets, caplins, capsule, carpals, carpels, chapels, clasped, clasper, copalms, copulas, cupolas, cypsela, enclasp, escalop, inclasp, palaces, parcels, pascals, paschal, placers, placets, plaices, plasmic, plastic, psalmic, reclasp, scaleup, scallop, scalped, scalpel, scalper, scapula, scopula, spacial, spackle, spancel, special, specula, spicula, unclasp, upscale. | |
+3 letters: acalephs, allspice, apiculus, aplastic, backslap, beclasps, bluecaps, calcspar, calipash, calipees, calipers, calpacks, caltraps, caltrops, calypsos, camphols, capelans, capelets, capelins, capitals, capitols, caporals, capsidal, capsular, capsuled, capsules, carpools, catalpas, chaplets, clampers, clappers, claspers, clasping, claypans, cleanups, coalpits, collapse, cowflaps, cuspidal, cypselae, displace, emplaces, enclasps, escallop, escalops, especial, flatcaps, foolscap, inclasps, misplace, oilcamps, opalesce, opuscula, padlocks, panicles, paschals, pashalic, pedocals, pelicans, percales, physical, piscinal, placards, placates, placebos, plackets, placoids, planches, plastics, playacts, pleaches, polecats, pollacks, reclasps, replaces, replicas, scalepan, scaleups, scallops, scalpels, scalpers, scalping, scapulae, scapular, scapulas, sceptral, scopulae, scopulas, scrapple, septical, skullcap, slapjack, slipcase, spackled, spackles, spancels, specials, spectral, specular, spiculae, spicular, spiracle, syncopal, tieclasp, unclamps, unclasps, upscaled, upscales. | |
+4 letters: acalephes, acropolis, allspices, alopecias, apostolic, asclepiad, aspectual, asphaltic, backslaps, beclasped, blackcaps, blacktops, calcspars, calliopes, callipees, callipers, calotypes, calthrops, calypsoes, calypters, calyptras, capablest, caprioles, capsuling, capsulize, catalepsy, cataplasm, catapults, cephalins, chaplains, cisalpine, cisplatin, claptraps, clepsydra, clodpates, collapsed, collapses, complains, conepatls, copulates, corporals, crapulous, croplands, cytoplasm, displaced, displaces, dropsical, eclampsia, ectoplasm, encapsule, enclasped, episcopal, escallops, escaloped, eucalypts, flapjacks, foolscaps, handclasp, inclasped, landscape, manciples, misplaced, misplaces, opalesced, opalesces, pachalics, pachoulis, palefaces, parlances, particles, pashalics, pectorals, peculates, peculiars, pentacles, physicals, pickadils, piclorams, pilchards, pinnacles, placaters, placeboes, placeless, placentas, planchets, plasmatic, plasticky, playbacks, pleasance, pliancies, plowbacks, populaces, postcaval, potlaches, praelects, precleans, preclears, prelacies, preplaces, proclaims, procurals, psychical, publicans, pullbacks, reclasped, replacers, replicase, scalepans, scalloped, scalloper, scapolite, scapulars, sceptical, scrappily, scrapples, showplace, simplicia, skeptical, skullcaps, slapjacks, slapstick, slipcased, slipcases, someplace, spaceless, spacewalk, spackling, spanceled, specialer, specially, specialty, spectacle, speculate, spherical, spiracles, spleuchan, subapical, tieclasps, unclasped, upscaling, woolpacks, xylocarps. | |
+5 letters: accomplish, acephalous, acidophils, afterclaps, alpenstock, analeptics, anaplastic, apocalypse, applecarts, applejacks, applesauce, appliances, applicants, asclepiads, aspherical, axoplasmic, backpedals, backsplash, basophilic, beclasping, blackpolls, calipashes, caliphates, campaniles, campanulas, campestral, candlepins, cantaloups, capitalise, capitalism, capitalist, capsulated, capsulized, capsulizes, captiously, captoprils, carpoolers, cataplasms, catchpoles, catchpolls, champleves, chaparrals, cheapishly, cisplatins, clampdowns, clapboards, clepsydrae, clepsydras, clipboards, cloudscape, codswallop, coliphages, collapsing, complaints, crawlspace, curlpapers, cytoplasms, despicable, despicably, displacing, duplicates, dysplastic, eclampsias, ectoplasms, encapsuled, encapsules, enclasping, epiblastic, epicalyces, epicalyxes, episodical, escalloped, escaloping, escapology, especially, eucalyptus, exculpates, explicates, faceplates, fireplaces, handclasps, implicates, inclasping, inculpates, kiloparsec, kilopascal, lampblacks, landscaped, landscaper, landscapes, launchpads, leucoplast, lymphatics, misplacing, municipals, mycoplasma, narcolepsy, neoplastic, nonplastic, occipitals, opalescent, opalescing, operculars, packsaddle, paralytics, parbuckles, parfleches, patchoulis, peculators, pelycosaur, percalines, percolates, petulances, phallicism, phthisical, physically, pictorials, pilgarlics, pillowcase, placations, placekicks, placements, placentals, placidness, plasticene, plasticine, plasticity, plasticize, pleasances, pleonastic, plications, plutocrats, polyphasic, porcelains, portulacas, postcoital, postlaunch, postulancy, potlatches, practicals, precancels, principals, prolactins, prosodical, punchballs, reclasping, replicases, replicates, sarcoplasm, scallopers, scalloping, scallopini, scaloppine, scapolites, screenplay, scriptural, sculptural, septicidal, sepulchral, showplaces, simplicial, sincipital, slapsticks, spacewalks, spaciously, spanceling, spancelled, specialest, specialise, specialism, specialist, speciality, specialize, spectacled, spectacles, spectrally, specularly, speculated, speculates, speculator, spiracular, splanchnic, spleuchans, sporicidal, superclass, superclean, superflack, superscale, supplejack, suppliance, supplicant, supplicate, synoptical, tailpieces, teacupfuls, teacupsful, unclasping, workplaces. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 63 61 6C 70 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... -.-. .- .-.. .--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100011 01100001 01101100 01110000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S c a l p |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0063 0061 006C 0070 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5369677882 |
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