[{"word":"scalps","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"The top of the head; the skull.","synonyms":["skull"],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The part of the head where the hair grows from, or used to grow from.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"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.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Some tribes used to collect scalps to prove how many of the enemy they had killed in battle."},{"definition":"The skin of the head of a stag with the horns attached.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A victory, especially at the expense of someone else.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A bed or stratum of shellfish.","synonyms":["scaup"],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The top; the summit.","synonyms":["summit"],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["scaup","skull","summit"],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To remove the scalp (part of the head from where the hair grows), by brutal act or accident.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To resell, especially tickets, usually for an inflated price, often illegally.","synonyms":["resell"],"antonyms":[],"example":"Tickets were being scalped for $300."},{"definition":"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).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To screen or sieve ore before further processing.","synonyms":["sieve"],"antonyms":[],"example":"scalped ore"},{"definition":"To remove the skin of.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To remove the grass from.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To destroy the political influence of.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(milling) To brush the hairs or fuzz from (wheat grains, etc.) in the process of high milling.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["resell","sieve"],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/scalp","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/scalps"]}]