scull
/skʌl/
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Northern England/skʊl/
scull noun: a single oar mounted at the stern of a boat and moved from side to side to propel the boat forward. Also the archaic spelling of skull.
Noun (1)
scull (plural sculls)
- A single oar mounted at the stern of a boat and moved from side to side to propel the boat forward.
- One of a pair of oars handled by a single rower.
- A small rowing boat, for one person.
- A light rowing boat used for racing by one, two, or four rowers, each operating two oars (sculls), one in each hand.
Verb (1)
scull (third-person singular simple present sculls, present participle sculling, simple past and past participle sculled)
- To row a boat using a scull or sculls.
- The afternoon sun was getting low as the Rat sculled gently homewards in a dreamy mood, murmuring poetry-things over to himself, and not paying much attention to Mole.1908 October, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC
- To skate while keeping both feet in contact with the ground or ice.
Noun (2)
scull (plural sculls)
Verb (2)
scull (third-person singular simple present sculls, present participle sculling, simple past and past participle sculled)
- To drink the entire contents of a drinking vessel without pausing.
- In 1954, Bob Hawke made the Guinness Book of Records for sculling 2.5 pints of beer in 11 seconds.2005, Jane Egginton, Working and Living Australia, The Sunday Times, Cadogan Guides, UK, page 59
- That way you get your opponent so gassed up from sculling beer that all he can think about is trying to burp without spewing.2005, Stefan Laszczuk, The Goddamn Bus of Happiness, page 75
Noun (3)
scull (plural sculls)
- A shoal of fish.
- Of fish that with their fins and shining scales
Glide under the green wave , in sculls1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
- Of fish that with their fins and shining scales
Noun (4)
scull (plural sculls)
Proper noun capitalized: Scull
Scull (plural Sculls)
- A surname.
Also used as
scull is also the archaic spelling of skull.
Synonyms of scull
Forms of scull
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | sculls |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | sculls |
| present participle | sculling |
| past participle | sculled |
| past | sculled |
| alternative form | skol |
| alternative form | skull |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Sculls |
Origin of scull
From Middle English sculle (“a type of oar”), of uncertain origin, possibly from North Germanic, from Old Norse skola (“to rinse, wash”).
See skull. The verb sense may derive from Danish/Norwegian/Swedish skål.
See school.
Words formed from scull
- double scull
- quad scull
- quadruple scull
- single scull
- sculler
Words that rhyme with scull
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Questions about scull
- What does scull mean?
- Scull means a single oar mounted at the stern of a boat and moved from side to side to propel the boat forward.
- What part of speech is scull?
- Scull can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce scull?
- Scull is pronounced /skʌl/.
- What is the plural of scull?
- The plural of scull is sculls.
Words near scull in the dictionary
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