skelp /skɛlp/verb 7noun 4forms 3 verb7 •(Scotland, Northern-England) To beat or slap with the hand.But Mistress Munro would up and be at the door and in she'd yank Andy by the lug, and some said she'd take down his breeks and skelp him, but maybe that was a lie. — 1932 •(Scotland, Northern-England) To beat, pound or hammer.... hither blith comes tinker John, Who skelps the kettle, and sweet tunes the drone, […] — 1804 •(Ireland, Scotland) To move briskly along; to run.[…] the lassie became extremely wild, ran like a hare, and […] skelped home in a crack, on the "light side of her foot," to Barniewater. — 1824 •(Scotland) To drive by blows; to drive (hard), to cause to move rapidly.My fair opponents skelp me aff,[…] — 1861 •To rain heavily; (of rain) to fall. •To form (a plate or bar of metal, etc.) into a skelp. •To bend round (a skelp) in tube-making. noun4 •A blow; a smart stroke, especially with the hand; a smack.They came crack down on their bottoms with a loud skelp on the seats. — 1833 •A narrow strip of rolled or forged metal, ready to be bent and welded to form a pipe. •(Scotland) A large portion.Great skelps of riotous colors followed each other across the window-framed screen, pounding upon bleak northern hearts as the surf pounds upon a rocky headland. — 1921 •(Scotland) A squall; a heavy fall of rain. formsskelped · skelping · skelps
