scalp

(skălp)

1. The skin covering the top of the human head.

2. A portion of this skin with its attached hair, cut from a body especially as a battle trophy or as proof in claiming a bounty.

3. A piece of hide from the skull of certain animals, such as the fox, shown as proof of killing in order to collect a bounty.

v. scalped, scalp·ing, scalps

v.tr.

1. To cut or tear the scalp from.

2. To deprive of top growth or a top layer: land scalped by strip miners.

3. To resell at a price higher than the established value: scalping tickets to the baseball game.

4. To buy and sell (securities or commodities) in order to make small quick profits.

v.intr.

1. To engage in the reselling of something, such as tickets, at a price higher than the established value.

2. To buy and sell securities or commodities for small quick profits.

[Middle English, top of the head, of Scandinavian origin; see skel- in Indo-European roots.]

scalp′er n.

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

scalper - someone who buys something and resells it at a price far above the initial cost; "he got theater tickets through a scalper"

plunger, speculator - someone who risks losses for the possibility of considerable gains

ticket tout, tout - someone who buys tickets to an event in order to resell them at a profit

Translations

bagarino

scalper

[ˈskælpəʳ] N (US) → revendedor(a) m/f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

scalper

[ˈskælpə^r] n (US) (= ticket tout) → revendeur/euse m/f de billets

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

scalper

[ˈskælpəʳ] n (Am) (fam) (of tickets) → bagarino

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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Thereâ€™s them that says youâ€™re an Indian, and a scalper, but youâ€™ve served me a good turn, and you may set me down for a friend; thof it would have been more ship shape like to lower the bight of a rope or running bowline below me, than to seize an old seaman by his head-lanyard; but I suppose you are used to taking men by the hair, and seeing you did me good instead of harm thereby, why, itâ€™s the same thing, d'ye see?â€

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