skull
/ˈskʌl/ verb C2- To hit in the head with a fist, a weapon, or a thrown object.
- To strike the top of (the ball).
- To drink everything that remains in a glass by upending it.
He/she/it skulls · Past skulled · Past participle skulled · -ing form skulling
Verb forms
- Base form
- skull
- He/she/it
- skulls
- Past
- skulled
- Past participle
- skulled
- -ing form
- skulling
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I had hardly expected so dolichocephalic a skull or such well-marked supra-orbital development.
A cast of your skull, sir, until the original is available, would be an ornament to any anthropological museum.
It is not my intention to be fulsome, but I confess that I covet your skull.”
“I presume, sir,” said he at last, “that it was not merely for the purpose of examining my skull that you have done me the honour to call here last night and again today?”
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