scalp
/skælp/ verb C2- To remove the scalp (part of the head from where the hair grows), by brutal act or accident.
- To resell, especially tickets, usually for an inflated price, often illegally. · Tickets were being scalped for $300.
- To bet on opposing competitors so as to make a profit from the bookmaker.
- 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).
- To screen or sieve ore before further processing. · scalped ore
- To remove the skin of.
- To remove the grass from.
- To destroy the political influence of.
He/she/it scalps · Past scalped · Past participle scalped · -ing form scalping
Verb forms
- Base form
- scalp
- He/she/it
- scalps
- Past
- scalped
- Past participle
- scalped
- -ing form
- scalping
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