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scaup

/skɔːp/

noun

Meaning

  • The top of the head; the skull.

  • The part of the head where the hair grows from, or used to grow from.

  • A part of the skin of the head, with the hair attached, formerly cut or torn off from an enemy by warriors in some cultures as a token of victory.

    "Some tribes used to collect scalps to prove how many of the enemy they had killed in battle."

  • The skin of the head of a stag with the horns attached.

  • A victory, especially at the expense of someone else.

  • A bed or stratum of shellfish.

  • The top; the summit.

Synonyms

scaup,
skull,
summit

noun

Meaning

  • Any of three species of small diving duck in the genus Aythya.