Definition of scalp

• n. - A bed of oysters or mussels.
• n. - That part of the integument of the head which is usually covered with hair.
• n. - A part of the skin of the head, with the hair attached, cut or torn off from an enemy by the Indian warriors of North America, as a token of victory.
• n. - Fig.: The top; the summit.
• v. t. - To deprive of the scalp; to cut or tear the scalp from the head of.
• v. t. - To remove the skin of.
• v. t. - To brush the hairs or fuzz from, as wheat grains, in the process of high milling.
• v. i. - To make a small, quick profit by slight fluctuations of the market; -- said of brokers who operate in this way on their own account.