Verb Some members of the tribe were scalped by the attacking warriors.
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Noun
Another remedy for people experiencing hair loss along with an oily scalp may be aloe vera. Meehika Barua, Harper's BAZAAR, 26 Aug. 2022 Truth is, evidence from the National Institutes of Health shows that a healthy scalp helps produce healthy hair. Mona Gohara, Good Housekeeping, 11 Aug. 2022 Those with a dry scalp will also enjoy that this product is packed with moisturizing ingredients that will help solve dandruff problems stat.SELF, 19 July 2022 The Scalp Detox is used on a dry scalp before showering to set the stage for tip-top cleansing. Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 11 July 2022 That treatment uses an electromagnetic coil placed against a patient’s scalp to deliver electric pulses to the surface of the brain. Benjamin Mueller, BostonGlobe.com, 13 June 2022 Healthy, fuller-looking hair starts with a happy scalp. Sophie Dweck, Town & Country, 6 June 2022 While castor oil is a trusted hair staple, some people have seen the opposite of growth and a healthy scalp. Jasmine Washington, Seventeen, 27 May 2022 Vitamin C-rich Grapefruit Extract infuses the hair with restorative antioxidants that increase the hair’s appearance and promote a healthy scalp.The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 May 2022
Verb
An abortive knife cut on the back of Ringo's head only indicates that someone had a notion to scalp the corpse (and thought better of it). Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 13 June 2021 Her perverse way of making human connections is to drug and scalp the occasional customer — and then to wear their hair like a wig. Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2021 Those folks tend to live off slicing and dicing you and the best way to do that is to scalp you at every turn, not drive BTC to the moon. Clem Chambers, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2021 Think about trying to scalp the bird with your pellets to make a clean kill. Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 24 Sep. 2020 Most dramatically, the film’s director of photography Jan de Bont — later the director of Speed and Twister — needed 120 stitches after being essentially scalped by a lioness. Clark Collis, EW.com, 7 Apr. 2020 Other conditions, like contact dermatitis, eczema, and scalp psoriasis, can also lead to dandruff-like flaking. Jessica Cruel, SELF, 19 Mar. 2020 But YellowHeart doesn't try to get rid of scalping completely. Tatiana Cirisano, Billboard, 21 Oct. 2019 Now people that did get verified are scalping tickets on @StubHub for Paul McCartney level prices. Tatiana Cirisano, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2019 See More
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English, crown of the head, perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse skālpr sheath; akin to Middle Dutch schelpe shell