scully
scully noun: an obstacle set up against military vehicles; a Czech hedgehog.
Noun
scully (plural scullies)
- An obstacle set up against military vehicles; a Czech hedgehog.
- Horned scullies usually are placed in water about 15 feet apart in a line parallel to the beach, with the rails pointing out to sea1962, Demolition Materials
- Draw in both man-made and natural obstacles. Anything that may hinder the proposed landing (e.g., cusps, submerged rocks, partially awash or submerged wrecks, scullies, berm scarps, sandbars, rails, etc.) may be considered an obstacle.1974, US Navy SEAL Combat Manual
Proper noun capitalized: Scully
Scully (plural Scullys)
- A surname from Irish.
Verb capitalized: Scully
Scully
- To be skeptical toward (a person or situation) with ideas that do not coincide with conventional wisdom.
- When she complains in another episode that Giles is refusing for once to consider a supernatural explanation, she says, "I can't believe that you of all people would Scully me,"2005, Rhonda Wilcox, Why Buffy matters: the art of Buffy the vampire slayer, page 28
- She Scullied me and I'm sure the word “macrobiotics” never made it into my medical file; it's an unexplained disappearance of cancer.2015, Denny Waxman, The Complete Macrobiotic Diet, →ISBN
scully meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
scully in Hindi
- स्कली, स्कल्ली, स्क्ली
scully in Tamil
- ஸ்கல்லி, ஸ்கலி
scully in Marathi
- स्कली
scully in Urdu
- اسکلی
More languagesFewer languages
- scully in Bengali
- স্কাল্লি
- scully in Telugu
- స్కల్లీ, స్కల్లి, స్కలీ
- scully in Malayalam
- സ്കല്ലി
- scully in Kannada
- ಸ್ಕಲ್ಲಿ, ಸ್ಕ್ಯುಲಿ
- scully in Gujarati
- સ્કલી, સ્કલ્લી
- scully in Odia
- ସ୍କଲି
- scully in Nepali
- स्कली, स्कल्ली
Forms of scully
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | scullies |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Scullys |
| alternative form | Sculley |
Origin of scully
Reduced Anglicized spelling of Irish Ó Scolaidhe.
Named after Dana Scully, fictional FBI agent in the American science fiction series The X-Files, who acts as a skeptical foil to the conspiracy theories of fellow agent Fox Mulder.
Words formed from scully
Phrases with scully
Questions about scully
- What does scully mean?
- Scully means an obstacle set up against military vehicles; a Czech hedgehog.
- What is scully in Hindi?
- Scully in Hindi is स्कली, स्कल्ली, स्क्ली. See Scully meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is scully?
- Scully can be a noun, a proper noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of scully?
- The plural of scully is scullies.
Words near scully in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: scully (page history and authors); Scully (page history and authors); scully (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); scully (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); scully (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); scully (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); scully (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); scully (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); scully (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); scully (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); scully (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); scully (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); scully (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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