"scalp" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /skælp/ Audio: en-us-scalp.ogg [US] Forms: scalps [plural]
Rhymes: -ælp Etymology: From Middle English scalp, skalp, scalpe (“crown of the head; skull”). Originally a northern word, and therefore probably from a North Germanic source, although the sense-development is unclear; compare Sylt North Frisian Skolp (“dandruff”), Old Norse skálpr (“sheath”), Old Swedish skalp, Dutch schelp (“shell”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|scalp}} Middle English scalp, {{m|enm|skalp}} skalp, {{m|enm|scalpe|t=crown of the head; skull}} scalpe (“crown of the head; skull”), {{der|en|gmq}} North Germanic, {{cog|frr|Skolp|t=dandruff}} North Frisian Skolp (“dandruff”), {{cog|non|skálpr|t=sheath}} Old Norse skálpr (“sheath”), {{cog|gmq-osw|skalp}} Old Swedish skalp, {{cog|nl|schelp|t=shell}} Dutch schelp (“shell”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} scalp (plural scalps)
  1. (now dialectal) The top of the head; the skull. Tags: dialectal Synonyms: skull Translations (top of the head): теме (teme) [neuter] (Bulgarian), isse [common-gender] (Danish), päälaki (Finnish), Oberkopf [masculine] (German), теме (teme) [neuter] (Macedonian), hjässa [common-gender] (Swedish), anit [literally, neuter] (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-scalp-en-noun-QHxAt0-G Disambiguation of 'top of the head': 60 12 9 9 0 0 9
  2. The part of the head where the hair grows from, or used to grow from.
    (historical) 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.
    Tags: historical Translations (part of the skin of the head of an enemy kept as a trophy): скалп (skalp) [masculine] (Bulgarian), skalp [common-gender] (Danish), päänahka (Finnish), Skalp [masculine] (German), scalpo [masculine] (Italian), cotenna [feminine] (Italian), kawiu (Maori), escalpo [masculine] (Portuguese), скальп (skalʹp) [masculine] (Russian), skalp (Swedish), หนังหัว (Thai)
    Sense id: en-scalp-en-noun-iqS8XMMW Disambiguation of 'part of the skin of the head of an enemy kept as a trophy': 10 43 26 16 2 2 1
  3. The part of the head where the hair grows from, or used to grow from.
    (heraldry) The skin of the head of a stag, to which the horns are attached.
    Categories (topical): Heraldry
    Sense id: en-scalp-en-noun-zR1SJfVf Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
  4. The part of the head where the hair grows from, or used to grow from.
    Sense id: en-scalp-en-noun-vdLUtPwt
  5. (figuratively) A victory, especially at the expense of someone else. Tags: figuratively Translations (victory): skalp [common-gender] (Danish), päänahka (Finnish), skalp [common-gender] (Swedish), kelläň depesi (Turkmen)
    Sense id: en-scalp-en-noun-6uYvuoz9 Disambiguation of 'victory': 0 29 3 3 60 1 3
  6. (Scotland) A bed or stratum of shellfish. Tags: Scotland Categories (topical): Violence Synonyms: scaup
    Sense id: en-scalp-en-noun-uC2hoQgy Disambiguation of Violence: 1 9 6 5 4 11 3 4 7 11 13 5 4 3 4 11 Categories (other): Scottish English
  7. (figurative) The top; the summit. Tags: figuratively Synonyms: summit
    Sense id: en-scalp-en-noun-s58fr-ZD
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bulldog scalp, scalped, scalpless, scalp lock, scalp ringworm, scalpy Translations (part of head where the hair grows): kopvel (Afrikaans), فَرْوَة اَلرَّأْس (farwat ar-raʔs) [feminine] (Arabic), скалп (skalp) [masculine] (Bulgarian), cuir cabellut [masculine] (Catalan), ᎤᏍᏗᏁᎦᎸᎢ (usdinegalvi) (Cherokee), 頭皮 (Chinese Mandarin), 头皮 (tóupí) (Chinese Mandarin), hovedskalp [common-gender] (Danish), kruin [common-gender] (Dutch), skalpo (Esperanto), hiusmarto (Finnish), cuir chevelu [masculine] (French), coiro cabeludo (Galician), Kopfhaut [feminine] (German), קרקפת (karkéfet) [feminine] (Hebrew), skalp (Hungarian), craiceann an chinn [masculine] (Irish), scalpo [masculine] (Italian), cotenna [feminine] (Italian), cuoio capelluto [masculine] (Italian), 頭皮 (tōhi) (alt: とうひ) (Japanese), ស្បែកក្បាល (sbaekkbaal) (Khmer), calva [feminine] (Latin), skalps [masculine] (Latvian), скалп (skalp) (Macedonian), തലയോട്ടി (talayōṭṭi) (Malayalam), ഓട്ടി (ōṭṭi) (Malayalam), kiri angaanga (Maori), kawiu (english: kept as a trophy of the enemy) (Maori), hodebunn [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), góra głowy [feminine] (Polish), couro cabeludo [masculine] (Portuguese), скальп (skalʹp) [masculine] (Russian), ко́жа головы́ (kóža golový) [feminine] (Russian), vlasište [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), vlasnik [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), cuero cabelludo [masculine] (Spanish), huvudsvål [common-gender] (Swedish), skalp [common-gender] (Swedish), หนังศีรษะ (Thai), หนังหัว (Thai), kafa derisi (Turkish), saç derisi (Turkish), kelläň depesi (Turkmen), skalp (Volapük)
Disambiguation of 'part of head where the hair grows': 3 31 31 31 1 1 1

Verb

IPA: /skælp/ Audio: en-us-scalp.ogg [US] Forms: scalps [present, singular, third-person], scalping [participle, present], scalped [participle, past], scalped [past]
Rhymes: -ælp Etymology: From Middle English scalp, skalp, scalpe (“crown of the head; skull”). Originally a northern word, and therefore probably from a North Germanic source, although the sense-development is unclear; compare Sylt North Frisian Skolp (“dandruff”), Old Norse skálpr (“sheath”), Old Swedish skalp, Dutch schelp (“shell”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|scalp}} Middle English scalp, {{m|enm|skalp}} skalp, {{m|enm|scalpe|t=crown of the head; skull}} scalpe (“crown of the head; skull”), {{der|en|gmq}} North Germanic, {{cog|frr|Skolp|t=dandruff}} North Frisian Skolp (“dandruff”), {{cog|non|skálpr|t=sheath}} Old Norse skálpr (“sheath”), {{cog|gmq-osw|skalp}} Old Swedish skalp, {{cog|nl|schelp|t=shell}} Dutch schelp (“shell”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} scalp (third-person singular simple present scalps, present participle scalping, simple past and past participle scalped)
  1. To remove the scalp (part of the head from where the hair grows), by brutal act or accident. Translations (to remove part of the head): скалпирам (skalpiram) (Bulgarian), ᎠᏍᏛᏁᎦᎵᎭ (asdvnegaliha) (Cherokee), skalpovat (Czech), skalpi (Esperanto), viedä päänahka (Finnish), scalper (French), skalpol (Hungarian), megskalpol (Hungarian), fare lo scalpo (Italian), scotennare (Italian), scalpare (Italian), noskalpēt (Latvian), hore kiriangaanga (Maori), hættian (Old English), behættian (Old English), escalpelar (Portuguese), escalpar (Portuguese), scalpa (Romanian), descabellar (Spanish), skalpera (Swedish), iadflingo (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-scalp-en-verb-e1mWkCvD Disambiguation of 'to remove part of the head': 34 1 2 3 1 27 27 3 2
  2. (Canada, US, slang) To resell, especially tickets, usually for an inflated price, often illegally. Tags: Canada, US, slang Synonyms: resell
    Sense id: en-scalp-en-verb-Yk0sH3l9 Categories (other): American English, Canadian English
  3. (gambling) To bet on opposing competitors so as to make a profit from the bookmaker. Categories (topical): Gambling, Violence
    Sense id: en-scalp-en-verb-GPB21VHb Disambiguation of Violence: 1 9 6 5 4 11 3 4 7 11 13 5 4 3 4 11 Topics: gambling, games
  4. (finance) 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). Categories (topical): Finance, Violence Related terms (financial depredation senses): haircut
    Sense id: en-scalp-en-verb-mIQDv-XC Disambiguation of Violence: 1 9 6 5 4 11 3 4 7 11 13 5 4 3 4 11 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 11 6 6 1 6 2 5 10 6 19 6 3 2 2 13 Topics: business, finance Disambiguation of 'financial depredation senses': 8 13 9 23 10 9 9 8 11
  5. To screen or sieve ore before further processing. Synonyms: sieve
    Sense id: en-scalp-en-verb-V~TCrSvA
  6. (surgery) To remove the skin of. Categories (topical): Surgery
    Sense id: en-scalp-en-verb-86m1qho9 Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery
  7. (transitive) To remove the grass from. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-scalp-en-verb-OF-44MUv
  8. (transitive) To destroy the political influence of. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-scalp-en-verb-n68ouzVf
  9. (milling) To brush the hairs or fuzz from (wheat grains, etc.) in the process of high milling. Categories (topical): Anatomy, Violence
    Sense id: en-scalp-en-verb-ZMys00rz Disambiguation of Anatomy: 2 8 6 4 4 7 4 2 3 2 17 2 11 3 2 25 Disambiguation of Violence: 1 9 6 5 4 11 3 4 7 11 13 5 4 3 4 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: scalper, scalping, scalping knife, scalping tuft, unscalped

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "expansion": "→ German: Skalp",
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          "expansion": "→ Hungarian: skalp",
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      "text": "→ Hungarian: skalp"
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          "expansion": "→ Italian: scalpo",
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          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "→ Latvian: skalps"
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          "expansion": "→ Macedonian: скалп (skalp)",
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      "text": "→ Macedonian: скалп (skalp)"
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          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: escalpo",
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      "text": "→ Portuguese: escalpo"
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        }
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      "text": "→ Russian: скальп (skalʹp)"
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            "2": "ска̏лп",
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            "tr": "skȁlp"
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          "expansion": "→ Serbo-Croatian: ска̏лп (skȁlp)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "→ Serbo-Croatian: ска̏лп (skȁlp)"
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          "expansion": "→ Swedish: skalp",
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      ],
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          "_dis1": "60 12 9 9 0 0 9",
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          "roman": "teme",
          "sense": "top of the head",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "top of the head",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        {
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "top of the head",
          "word": "päälaki"
        },
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          "_dis1": "60 12 9 9 0 0 9",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "top of the head",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "Oberkopf"
        },
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          "code": "mk",
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          "roman": "teme",
          "sense": "top of the head",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "top of the head",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "hjässa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "60 12 9 9 0 0 9",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "top of the head",
          "tags": [
            "literally",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "anit"
        }
      ]
    },
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Some tribes used to collect scalps to prove how many of the enemy they had killed in battle.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
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      "links": [
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        ],
        [
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          "grow"
        ],
        [
          "skin",
          "skin"
        ],
        [
          "attach",
          "attach"
        ],
        [
          "cut",
          "cut"
        ],
        [
          "torn",
          "torn"
        ],
        [
          "enemy",
          "enemy"
        ],
        [
          "warrior",
          "warrior"
        ],
        [
          "culture",
          "culture"
        ],
        [
          "token",
          "token"
        ],
        [
          "victory",
          "victory"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "The part of the head where the hair grows from, or used to grow from.",
        "(historical) 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."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "10 43 26 16 2 2 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "skalp",
          "sense": "part of the skin of the head of an enemy kept as a trophy",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "скалп"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 43 26 16 2 2 1",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "part of the skin of the head of an enemy kept as a trophy",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "skalp"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 43 26 16 2 2 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "part of the skin of the head of an enemy kept as a trophy",
          "word": "päänahka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 43 26 16 2 2 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "part of the skin of the head of an enemy kept as a trophy",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Skalp"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 43 26 16 2 2 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "part of the skin of the head of an enemy kept as a trophy",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "scalpo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 43 26 16 2 2 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "part of the skin of the head of an enemy kept as a trophy",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cotenna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 43 26 16 2 2 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "part of the skin of the head of an enemy kept as a trophy",
          "word": "kawiu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 43 26 16 2 2 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "part of the skin of the head of an enemy kept as a trophy",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "escalpo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 43 26 16 2 2 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "skalʹp",
          "sense": "part of the skin of the head of an enemy kept as a trophy",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "скальп"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 43 26 16 2 2 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "part of the skin of the head of an enemy kept as a trophy",
          "word": "skalp"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 43 26 16 2 2 1",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "part of the skin of the head of an enemy kept as a trophy",
          "word": "หนังหัว"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Heraldry",
          "orig": "en:Heraldry",
          "parents": [
            "History",
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        {
          "ref": "1899, Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, Armorial Families: A Directory of Some Gentlemen of Coat-armour, Showing which Arms in Use at the Moment are Borne by Legal Authority, page 313",
          "text": "He bears for Arms : Argent, on a chevron invected gules, between two bugle-horns sable, stringed of the second in chief, and the attires of a stag affixed to the scalp in base of the third, two fasces chevronways or.",
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        }
      ],
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        "The part of the head where the hair grows from, or used to grow from.",
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        ],
        [
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          "grow"
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        [
          "heraldry",
          "heraldry"
        ],
        [
          "skin",
          "skin"
        ],
        [
          "stag",
          "stag"
        ],
        [
          "horn",
          "horn"
        ]
      ],
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        "The part of the head where the hair grows from, or used to grow from.",
        "(heraldry) The skin of the head of a stag, to which the horns are attached."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "heraldry",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "monarchy",
        "nobility",
        "politics"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
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        {
          "ref": "2014, Kaitlin Newman, “Five years after beating, Ryan Diviney's family holds out hope”, in Baltimore Sun, archived from the original on 2014-11-10",
          "text": "The original titanium mesh plate that was inserted in the summer of 2010 was removed last June since it was causing his scalp to break down.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The part of the head where the hair grows from, or used to grow from."
      ],
      "id": "en-scalp-en-noun-vdLUtPwt",
      "links": [
        [
          "head",
          "head"
        ],
        [
          "hair",
          "hair"
        ],
        [
          "grow",
          "grow"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
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        {
          "ref": "1993, John Frohnmayer, Leaving Town Alive: Confessions of an Arts Warrior, page 331",
          "text": "Pat Buchanan, in his ongoing presidential quest, claimed his first scalp, and Donald Wildmon's newsletter chortled that his efforts in opposing the NEA had paid off.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021 May 5, Drachinifel, 46:28 from the start, in Battle of Samar - What if TF34 was there?, archived from the original on 2022-08-19",
          "text": "Admiral Lee, aboard USS Washington, can content himself with the fact that his ship has claimed the scalp, or helped claim the scalp, of three out of the four Kongō class, and has landed meaningful hits on Nagato and Yamato as well, making it the single most successful U.S. battleship in history.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 August 7, Suzanne Wrack, “England beat Nigeria on penalties to reach Women’s World Cup quarter-finals”, in The Guardian",
          "text": "Randy Waldrum’s Nigeria, ranked 40th in the world, 36 places below England, looked as if they would claim the latest big scalp and knock out the European champions after the eliminations of Brazil, Canada, Germany and the USA.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) A victory, especially at the expense of someone else."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 29 3 3 60 1 3",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "victory",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "skalp"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 29 3 3 60 1 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "victory",
          "word": "päänahka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 29 3 3 60 1 3",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "victory",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "skalp"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 29 3 3 60 1 3",
          "code": "tk",
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "sense": "victory",
          "word": "kelläň depesi"
        }
      ]
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        },
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            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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          "bed"
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          "stratum"
        ],
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          "shellfish"
        ]
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        "(Scotland) A bed or stratum of shellfish."
      ],
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        {
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          "summit"
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        "(figurative) The top; the summit."
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          "word": "summit"
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        "figuratively"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/skælp/"
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      "rhymes": "-ælp"
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/En-us-scalp.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
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    {
      "_dis1": "3 31 31 31 1 1 1",
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "word": "kopvel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "3 31 31 31 1 1 1",
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "farwat ar-raʔs",
      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "فَرْوَة اَلرَّأْس"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "3 31 31 31 1 1 1",
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "skalp",
      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "скалп"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "3 31 31 31 1 1 1",
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cuir cabellut"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "3 31 31 31 1 1 1",
      "code": "chr",
      "lang": "Cherokee",
      "roman": "usdinegalvi",
      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "word": "ᎤᏍᏗᏁᎦᎸᎢ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "3 31 31 31 1 1 1",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "word": "頭皮"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "3 31 31 31 1 1 1",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tóupí",
      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "word": "头皮"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "3 31 31 31 1 1 1",
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "hovedskalp"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "3 31 31 31 1 1 1",
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kruin"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "3 31 31 31 1 1 1",
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "word": "skalpo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "3 31 31 31 1 1 1",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "word": "hiusmarto"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "3 31 31 31 1 1 1",
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cuir chevelu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "3 31 31 31 1 1 1",
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "word": "coiro cabeludo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "3 31 31 31 1 1 1",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Kopfhaut"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "3 31 31 31 1 1 1",
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "karkéfet",
      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "קרקפת"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "3 31 31 31 1 1 1",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "word": "skalp"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "3 31 31 31 1 1 1",
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "craiceann an chinn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "3 31 31 31 1 1 1",
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "scalpo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "3 31 31 31 1 1 1",
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cotenna"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "3 31 31 31 1 1 1",
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cuoio capelluto"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "3 31 31 31 1 1 1",
      "alt": "とうひ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tōhi",
      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "word": "頭皮"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "3 31 31 31 1 1 1",
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "sbaekkbaal",
      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "word": "ស្បែកក្បាល"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "3 31 31 31 1 1 1",
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "calva"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "3 31 31 31 1 1 1",
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "skalps"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "3 31 31 31 1 1 1",
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "skalp",
      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "word": "скалп"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "3 31 31 31 1 1 1",
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "talayōṭṭi",
      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "word": "തലയോട്ടി"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "3 31 31 31 1 1 1",
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "ōṭṭi",
      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "word": "ഓട്ടി"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "3 31 31 31 1 1 1",
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "word": "kiri angaanga"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "3 31 31 31 1 1 1",
      "code": "mi",
      "english": "kept as a trophy of the enemy",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "word": "kawiu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "3 31 31 31 1 1 1",
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hodebunn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "3 31 31 31 1 1 1",
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "góra głowy"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "3 31 31 31 1 1 1",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "couro cabeludo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "3 31 31 31 1 1 1",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "skalʹp",
      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "скальп"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "3 31 31 31 1 1 1",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kóža golový",
      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ко́жа головы́"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "3 31 31 31 1 1 1",
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vlasište"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "3 31 31 31 1 1 1",
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vlasnik"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "3 31 31 31 1 1 1",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cuero cabelludo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "3 31 31 31 1 1 1",
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "huvudsvål"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "3 31 31 31 1 1 1",
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "skalp"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "3 31 31 31 1 1 1",
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "word": "หนังศีรษะ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "3 31 31 31 1 1 1",
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "word": "หนังหัว"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "3 31 31 31 1 1 1",
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "word": "kafa derisi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "3 31 31 31 1 1 1",
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "word": "saç derisi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "3 31 31 31 1 1 1",
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "word": "kelläň depesi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "3 31 31 31 1 1 1",
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "word": "skalp"
    }
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    "scalp"
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}

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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "scalper"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "scalping"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "scalping knife"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "scalping tuft"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "unscalped"
    }
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        "2": "enm",
        "3": "scalp"
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      "expansion": "Middle English scalp",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "skalp"
      },
      "expansion": "skalp",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "scalpe",
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      },
      "expansion": "scalpe (“crown of the head; skull”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
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        "2": "gmq"
      },
      "expansion": "North Germanic",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "frr",
        "2": "Skolp",
        "t": "dandruff"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "skálpr",
        "t": "sheath"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmq-osw",
        "2": "skalp"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Swedish skalp",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "schelp",
        "t": "shell"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English scalp, skalp, scalpe (“crown of the head; skull”). Originally a northern word, and therefore probably from a North Germanic source, although the sense-development is unclear; compare Sylt North Frisian Skolp (“dandruff”), Old Norse skálpr (“sheath”), Old Swedish skalp, Dutch schelp (“shell”).",
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    {
      "form": "scalps",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scalping",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scalped",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scalped",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2001, Peter Cozzens, Eyewitnesses to the Indian Wars, 1865-1890: Conquering the Southern Plains, Stackpole Books, page 507",
          "text": "Next morning, the Indians attacked us and one of our hunters, George Huffman, was killed and scalped. As soon as Baldwin heard the shooting, he came to our assistance.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To remove the scalp (part of the head from where the hair grows), by brutal act or accident."
      ],
      "id": "en-scalp-en-verb-e1mWkCvD",
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "34 1 2 3 1 27 27 3 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "skalpiram",
          "sense": "to remove part of the head",
          "word": "скалпирам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 1 2 3 1 27 27 3 2",
          "code": "chr",
          "lang": "Cherokee",
          "roman": "asdvnegaliha",
          "sense": "to remove part of the head",
          "word": "ᎠᏍᏛᏁᎦᎵᎭ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 1 2 3 1 27 27 3 2",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to remove part of the head",
          "word": "skalpovat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 1 2 3 1 27 27 3 2",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to remove part of the head",
          "word": "skalpi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 1 2 3 1 27 27 3 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to remove part of the head",
          "word": "viedä päänahka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 1 2 3 1 27 27 3 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to remove part of the head",
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          "_dis1": "34 1 2 3 1 27 27 3 2",
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
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          "_dis1": "34 1 2 3 1 27 27 3 2",
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to remove part of the head",
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to remove part of the head",
          "word": "fare lo scalpo"
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        {
          "_dis1": "34 1 2 3 1 27 27 3 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to remove part of the head",
          "word": "scotennare"
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          "_dis1": "34 1 2 3 1 27 27 3 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to remove part of the head",
          "word": "scalpare"
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        {
          "_dis1": "34 1 2 3 1 27 27 3 2",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "to remove part of the head",
          "word": "noskalpēt"
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        {
          "_dis1": "34 1 2 3 1 27 27 3 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to remove part of the head",
          "word": "hore kiriangaanga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 1 2 3 1 27 27 3 2",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "to remove part of the head",
          "word": "hættian"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 1 2 3 1 27 27 3 2",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "to remove part of the head",
          "word": "behættian"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 1 2 3 1 27 27 3 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to remove part of the head",
          "word": "escalpelar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 1 2 3 1 27 27 3 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to remove part of the head",
          "word": "escalpar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 1 2 3 1 27 27 3 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to remove part of the head",
          "word": "scalpa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 1 2 3 1 27 27 3 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to remove part of the head",
          "word": "descabellar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 1 2 3 1 27 27 3 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to remove part of the head",
          "word": "skalpera"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 1 2 3 1 27 27 3 2",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "to remove part of the head",
          "word": "iadflingo"
        }
      ]
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "American English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Canadian English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Tickets were being scalped for $300.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Linda E. Swayne, Encyclopedia of Sports Management and Marketing, SAGE, page 324",
          "text": "Tickets sold online through Craigslist, eBay, and other forums, where the purchaser cannot physically see them, run a greater risk of being counterfeit—but counterfeiters have been known to scalp tickets in person outside the venue as well, […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 August 5, Ben Sisario, “How Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour Conquered the World”, in New York Times",
          "text": "Scalped tickets were going for $3,000 and up.",
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        }
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        "To resell, especially tickets, usually for an inflated price, often illegally."
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          "American English"
        ],
        [
          "resell",
          "resell"
        ],
        [
          "ticket",
          "ticket"
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          "inflated",
          "inflated"
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          "illegally",
          "illegally"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Canada, US, slang) To resell, especially tickets, usually for an inflated price, often illegally."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "resell"
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        "Canada",
        "US",
        "slang"
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    },
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        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Gambling",
          "orig": "en:Gambling",
          "parents": [
            "Games",
            "Recreation",
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 9 6 5 4 11 3 4 7 11 13 5 4 3 4 11",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Violence",
          "orig": "en:Violence",
          "parents": [
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1961, John Scarne, Complete Guide to Gambling, page 102",
          "text": "The only sure thing about scalping the Series today is that the scalper is paying the bookie a greater profit because he is making a greater number of bets.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "To bet on opposing competitors so as to make a profit from the bookmaker."
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        [
          "gambling",
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          "bet",
          "bet"
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        [
          "profit",
          "profit"
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          "bookmaker"
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        "(gambling) To bet on opposing competitors so as to make a profit from the bookmaker."
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        "gambling",
        "games"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Finance",
          "orig": "en:Finance",
          "parents": [
            "Business",
            "Economics",
            "Society",
            "Social sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Fundamental"
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          "source": "w"
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        {
          "_dis": "1 11 6 6 1 6 2 5 10 6 19 6 3 2 2 13",
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        {
          "_dis": "1 9 6 5 4 11 3 4 7 11 13 5 4 3 4 11",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Violence",
          "orig": "en:Violence",
          "parents": [
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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)."
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      "id": "en-scalp-en-verb-mIQDv-XC",
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        "(finance) 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)."
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        {
          "_dis1": "8 13 9 23 10 9 9 8 11",
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        }
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        "finance"
      ]
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        {
          "text": "scalped ore",
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        }
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        "To screen or sieve ore before further processing."
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        [
          "screen",
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          "sieve"
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      ],
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        {
          "word": "sieve"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Surgery",
          "orig": "en:Surgery",
          "parents": [
            "Medicine",
            "Biology",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1870, J. S. Wells, Treatise on the Diseases of the Eye",
          "text": "We must […]\"scalp\" the whole lid [of the eye].",
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        }
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        "To remove the skin of."
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        [
          "surgery",
          "surgery"
        ],
        [
          "skin",
          "skin"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(surgery) To remove the skin of."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "sciences",
        "surgery"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "glosses": [
        "To remove the grass from."
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        [
          "grass",
          "grass"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To remove the grass from."
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To destroy the political influence of."
      ],
      "id": "en-scalp-en-verb-n68ouzVf",
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        [
          "political",
          "political"
        ],
        [
          "influence",
          "influence"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To destroy the political influence of."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "2 8 6 4 4 7 4 2 3 2 17 2 11 3 2 25",
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          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Anatomy",
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          "parents": [
            "Biology",
            "Medicine",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 9 6 5 4 11 3 4 7 11 13 5 4 3 4 11",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Violence",
          "orig": "en:Violence",
          "parents": [
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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        "To brush the hairs or fuzz from (wheat grains, etc.) in the process of high milling."
      ],
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        [
          "hair",
          "hair"
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          "fuzz"
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          "grain",
          "grain"
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          "high milling"
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        "(milling) To brush the hairs or fuzz from (wheat grains, etc.) in the process of high milling."
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    {
      "ipa": "/skælp/"
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      "rhymes": "-ælp"
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-scalp.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/En-us-scalp.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
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    "scalp"
  ],
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}
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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from North Germanic languages",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/ælp",
    "Rhymes:English/ælp/1 syllable",
    "en:Anatomy",
    "en:Violence"
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    {
      "word": "bulldog scalp"
    },
    {
      "word": "scalped"
    },
    {
      "word": "scalpless"
    },
    {
      "word": "scalp lock"
    },
    {
      "word": "scalp ringworm"
    },
    {
      "word": "scalpy"
    }
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    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "skalp",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Danish: skalp",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Danish: skalp"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "scalp",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Dutch: scalp",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: scalp"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "eo",
            "2": "skalpo",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Esperanto: skalpo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Esperanto: skalpo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Skalp",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Skalp",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Skalp"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hu",
            "2": "skalp",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hungarian: skalp",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hungarian: skalp"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "scalpo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: scalpo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: scalpo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lv",
            "2": "skalps",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latvian: skalps",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latvian: skalps"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mk",
            "2": "скалп",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Macedonian: скалп (skalp)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Macedonian: скалп (skalp)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "escalpo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: escalpo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: escalpo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "скальп",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: скальп (skalʹp)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: скальп (skalʹp)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "skȁlp"
          },
          "expansion": "skȁlp",
          "name": "l"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "ска̏лп",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "skȁlp"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Serbo-Croatian: ска̏лп (skȁlp)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Serbo-Croatian: ска̏лп (skȁlp)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "skalp",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swedish: skalp",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swedish: skalp"
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        "2": "enm",
        "3": "scalp"
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      "expansion": "Middle English scalp",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "skalp"
      },
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      "expansion": "scalpe (“crown of the head; skull”)",
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    },
    {
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      },
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        "2": "Skolp",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "skálpr",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmq-osw",
        "2": "skalp"
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      "expansion": "Old Swedish skalp",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "schelp",
        "t": "shell"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch schelp (“shell”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "culture"
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      ],
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        "en:Heraldry"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1899, Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, Armorial Families: A Directory of Some Gentlemen of Coat-armour, Showing which Arms in Use at the Moment are Borne by Legal Authority, page 313",
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        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
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        {
          "ref": "2014, Kaitlin Newman, “Five years after beating, Ryan Diviney's family holds out hope”, in Baltimore Sun, archived from the original on 2014-11-10",
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          "ref": "1993, John Frohnmayer, Leaving Town Alive: Confessions of an Arts Warrior, page 331",
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        {
          "ref": "2023 August 7, Suzanne Wrack, “England beat Nigeria on penalties to reach Women’s World Cup quarter-finals”, in The Guardian",
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        "A bed or stratum of shellfish."
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          "bed"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "teme",
      "sense": "top of the head",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "теме"
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "top of the head",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "top of the head",
      "word": "päälaki"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "top of the head",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Oberkopf"
    },
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      "code": "mk",
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      "roman": "teme",
      "sense": "top of the head",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "top of the head",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
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      "sense": "top of the head",
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      "code": "af",
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      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
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    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
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      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "فَرْوَة اَلرَّأْس"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "skalp",
      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "скалп"
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cuir cabellut"
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      "code": "chr",
      "lang": "Cherokee",
      "roman": "usdinegalvi",
      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "word": "ᎤᏍᏗᏁᎦᎸᎢ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "word": "頭皮"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tóupí",
      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "word": "头皮"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "hovedskalp"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "word": "kruin"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "word": "skalpo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "word": "hiusmarto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cuir chevelu"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "word": "coiro cabeludo"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Kopfhaut"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "karkéfet",
      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "קרקפת"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "word": "skalp"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "craiceann an chinn"
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      "code": "it",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "scalpo"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "cotenna"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cuoio capelluto"
    },
    {
      "alt": "とうひ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tōhi",
      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "word": "頭皮"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "sbaekkbaal",
      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "word": "ស្បែកក្បាល"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "calva"
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      "code": "lv",
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      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "skalps"
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    {
      "code": "mk",
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      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
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    {
      "code": "ml",
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      "roman": "talayōṭṭi",
      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "word": "തലയോട്ടി"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "ōṭṭi",
      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "word": "ഓട്ടി"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "word": "kiri angaanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "english": "kept as a trophy of the enemy",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "word": "kawiu"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hodebunn"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "góra głowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "couro cabeludo"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "skalʹp",
      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "скальп"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "kóža golový",
      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ко́жа головы́"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vlasište"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vlasnik"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cuero cabelludo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "huvudsvål"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "code": "th",
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      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "word": "หนังศีรษะ"
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    {
      "code": "th",
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      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "word": "หนังหัว"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
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    {
      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "word": "saç derisi"
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      "code": "tk",
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      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
      "word": "kelläň depesi"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "part of head where the hair grows",
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    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
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      "tags": [
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      ],
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "part of the skin of the head of an enemy kept as a trophy",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "skalp"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "part of the skin of the head of an enemy kept as a trophy",
      "word": "päänahka"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "part of the skin of the head of an enemy kept as a trophy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Skalp"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "part of the skin of the head of an enemy kept as a trophy",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "scalpo"
    },
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      "code": "it",
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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "cotenna"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "part of the skin of the head of an enemy kept as a trophy",
      "word": "kawiu"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "part of the skin of the head of an enemy kept as a trophy",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "escalpo"
    },
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      "roman": "skalʹp",
      "sense": "part of the skin of the head of an enemy kept as a trophy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "скальп"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
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      "code": "th",
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      "code": "tk",
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          "ref": "2001, Peter Cozzens, Eyewitnesses to the Indian Wars, 1865-1890: Conquering the Southern Plains, Stackpole Books, page 507",
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          "ref": "2011, Linda E. Swayne, Encyclopedia of Sports Management and Marketing, SAGE, page 324",
          "text": "Tickets sold online through Craigslist, eBay, and other forums, where the purchaser cannot physically see them, run a greater risk of being counterfeit—but counterfeiters have been known to scalp tickets in person outside the venue as well, […]",
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          "ref": "2023 August 5, Ben Sisario, “How Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour Conquered the World”, in New York Times",
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          "Canada"
        ],
        [
          "US",
          "American English"
        ],
        [
          "resell",
          "resell"
        ],
        [
          "ticket",
          "ticket"
        ],
        [
          "inflated",
          "inflated"
        ],
        [
          "illegally",
          "illegally"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Canada, US, slang) To resell, especially tickets, usually for an inflated price, often illegally."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "resell"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "US",
        "slang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "en:Gambling"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1961, John Scarne, Complete Guide to Gambling, page 102",
          "text": "The only sure thing about scalping the Series today is that the scalper is paying the bookie a greater profit because he is making a greater number of bets.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To bet on opposing competitors so as to make a profit from the bookmaker."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gambling",
          "gambling#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "bet",
          "bet"
        ],
        [
          "profit",
          "profit"
        ],
        [
          "bookmaker",
          "bookmaker"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(gambling) To bet on opposing competitors so as to make a profit from the bookmaker."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "gambling",
        "games"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Finance"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "finance",
          "finance#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(finance) 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)."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "finance"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "scalped ore",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To screen or sieve ore before further processing."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "screen",
          "screen"
        ],
        [
          "sieve",
          "sieve"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "sieve"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Surgery"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1870, J. S. Wells, Treatise on the Diseases of the Eye",
          "text": "We must […]\"scalp\" the whole lid [of the eye].",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To remove the skin of."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "surgery",
          "surgery"
        ],
        [
          "skin",
          "skin"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(surgery) To remove the skin of."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "sciences",
        "surgery"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To remove the grass from."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grass",
          "grass"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To remove the grass from."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To destroy the political influence of."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "political",
          "political"
        ],
        [
          "influence",
          "influence"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To destroy the political influence of."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To brush the hairs or fuzz from (wheat grains, etc.) in the process of high milling."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hair",
          "hair"
        ],
        [
          "fuzz",
          "fuzz"
        ],
        [
          "grain",
          "grain"
        ],
        [
          "high milling",
          "high milling"
        ],
        [
          "Edward H[enry] Knight",
          "w:Edward H. Knight"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "milling",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(milling) To brush the hairs or fuzz from (wheat grains, etc.) in the process of high milling."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/skælp/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ælp"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-scalp.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/da/En-us-scalp.ogg/En-us-scalp.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/En-us-scalp.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "skalpiram",
      "sense": "to remove part of the head",
      "word": "скалпирам"
    },
    {
      "code": "chr",
      "lang": "Cherokee",
      "roman": "asdvnegaliha",
      "sense": "to remove part of the head",
      "word": "ᎠᏍᏛᏁᎦᎵᎭ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to remove part of the head",
      "word": "skalpovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to remove part of the head",
      "word": "skalpi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to remove part of the head",
      "word": "viedä päänahka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to remove part of the head",
      "word": "scalper"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to remove part of the head",
      "word": "skalpol"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to remove part of the head",
      "word": "megskalpol"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to remove part of the head",
      "word": "fare lo scalpo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to remove part of the head",
      "word": "scotennare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to remove part of the head",
      "word": "scalpare"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "to remove part of the head",
      "word": "noskalpēt"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to remove part of the head",
      "word": "hore kiriangaanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to remove part of the head",
      "word": "hættian"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to remove part of the head",
      "word": "behættian"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to remove part of the head",
      "word": "escalpelar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to remove part of the head",
      "word": "escalpar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to remove part of the head",
      "word": "scalpa"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to remove part of the head",
      "word": "descabellar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to remove part of the head",
      "word": "skalpera"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to remove part of the head",
      "word": "iadflingo"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "scalp"
  ],
  "word": "scalp"
}

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