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scalp, scalping (SKALP, SKALP ing) (nouns)
1. The skin covering the top of the human head: Charlene went to the doctor for treatment of the excessive loss of hair from her scalp.
2. A portion of the skin that covered the top of the head with its attached hair, cut from a body especially as a battle trophy or as proof in claiming a bounty: Herman removed a piece from the scalp of the fox as evidence of killing it in order to collect a reward.
3. The act of cutting and tearing the hair and skin off the head of an enemy as a sign of victory; now often used figuratively: Because of Marcia's disrespectful behavior there is no doubt that her boss will be using the method of scalping or firing her.
scalp, scalping (SKALP, SKALP ing) (verbs)
1. To engage in the reselling of something; such as, tickets for a sports or musical event, etc.; usually, at a price higher than the established value: Last week Herman was scalping tickets to the latest rock concert and now he wants to scalp tickets to the basketball game.
2. To punish in a severe manner: The boss decided to scalp the employee who leaked corporate secrets to the competition.
scalpel, scalpels (SKAL puhl, SKAL puhlz) (nouns)
1. From Latin scalpellum, scalprum, "knife, chisel"; from scalpere, "to cut, to carve, to scrape": A surgical knife for cutting tissue; scapels with steel blades are used for most surgical operations, but in some cases (for example, eye surgery) sharper diamond or ruby blades are used.
2. A small straight knife with a thin sharp blade used in surgery and dissection: Each student in the anatomy class was using a scalpel to dissect his or her animal corpse.

The scalpel that the surgeon uses to cut is simply a small, sharp knife, but it takes on a special meaning when summoned by the surgeon: Scalpel! This word is the signal that the operation is to begin.

As he started the brain operation, the surgeon used a fine scalpel to remove part of the scalp of the patient who was injured in a scuffle with a customer when he tried to scalp a ticket for a hockey match.