scalp

To remove the scalp (part of the head from where the hair grows), by brutal act or accident.

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).

(US, slang) To resell, especially tickets, usually for an inflated price, often illegally.

To remove the skin of.

To remove the grass from.

To destroy the political influence of.

To bet on opposing competitors so as to make a profit from the bookmaker.

To screen or sieve ore before further processing.

To brush the hairs or fuzz from (wheat grains, etc.) in the process of high milling.

The part of the head where the hair grows from, or used to grow from.

(dialect) The top of the head; the skull.

(figurative) A victory, especially at the expense of someone else.

(historical) 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.

(figurative) The top; the summit.

The skin of the head of a stag, to which the horns are attached.

(Scotland) A bed or stratum of shellfish.