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Rarescalped
The correct spelling is scalped.
How to pronounce scalped
verb
Say it like: Sca-lpe-d
The correct spelling is scalped. To remove the scalp (part of the head from where the hair grows), by brutal act or accident. For example: "Tickets were being scalped for $300."
Usage Examples
“Tickets were being scalped for $300.”
“scalped ore”
Meanings
verb
- 1.To remove the scalp (part of the head from where the hair grows), by brutal act or accident.
- 2.To resell, especially tickets, usually for an inflated price, often illegally.
- 3.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).
- 4.To screen or sieve ore before further processing.
- 5.To remove the skin of.
adjective
- 1.(in combination) Having some specific type of scalp
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