Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun scalp

1 sense of scalp

Sense 1
scalp -- (the skin that covers the top of the head; "they wanted to take his scalp as a trophy")
       => skin, tegument, cutis -- (a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch; "your skin is the largest organ of your body")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb scalp

2 senses of scalp

Sense 1
scalp -- (sell illegally, as on the black market)
       => sell -- (exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent; "He sold his house in January"; "She sells her body to survive and support her drug habit")

Sense 2
scalp -- (remove the scalp of; "The enemies were scalped")
       => remove, take, take away, withdraw -- (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment")