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Skull of a human (Homo sapiens) viewed from the front
The skull of ahippopotamus
mouse skull

Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishsculle,scolle (alsoschulle,scholle), probably from a dialectal form ofOld Norseskalli(“bald head, skull”), itself probably related toOld Englishsċealu(“husk”). CompareScotsscull,Danishskal(“skull”) andskalle(“bald head, skull”),Norwegianskalle,Swedishskalle and especially dialectal Swedishskulle.[1]

Alternatively, perhaps fromOld Norseskoltr,skolptr(“muzzle, snout”), akin toIcelandicskoltur(“jaw”), dialectalSwedishskult,skulle(“dome, crown of the head, skull”),Middle Dutchscolle,scholle,Middle Low Germanscholle,schulle(“clod, sod”), andScotsskult,skolt. Compare alsoOld High Germansciula,skiula(“skull”).

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Noun

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skull (pluralskulls)

  2. (anatomy) The mainbones of thehead considered as a unit; including thecranium, facial bones, andmandible.
    • 1869,Alfred Russel Wallace,The Malay Archipelago, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., page110:
      All the time six or eight large Chinese gongs were being beaten by the vigorous arms of as many young men, producing such a deafening discord that I was glad to escape to the round house, where I slept very comfortably with half a dozen smoke-dried humanskulls suspended over my head.
    • 1922 October 26,Virginia Woolf, chapter 1, inJacob’s Room, Richmond, London: […] Leonard & Virginia Woolf at theHogarth Press,→OCLC; republished London: The Hogarth Press,1960,→OCLC:
      He was about to roar when, lying among the black sticks and straw under the cliff, he saw a wholeskull—perhaps a cow'sskull, askull, perhaps, with the teeth in it. Sobbing, but absent-mindedly, he ran farther and farther away until he held theskull in his arms.
  3. These bones as a symbol fordeath;death's-head.
  4. (figuratively) Themind orbrain.
    • 2006, Bart Yates,The Brothers Bishop:
      My thoughts are flying around in myskull like fireflies in a jar, but all of a sudden I'm unbearably tired and can't stay awake.
  5. Acrust formed on theladle, etc. by the partial cooling ofmoltenmetal.
  6. Thecrown of theheadpiece inarmour.
  7. (Scotland) Ashallow bow-handledbasket.
  8. (UK, obsolete, slang) Thehead ormaster of acollege.
    • 1881,The Academy, page407:
      Graduates[…] will never forget that majestic stature, that massive brow, that commanding look, as its possessor paced the ante-chapel of his college, or took his seat of presidence among theskulls of Golgotha.
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bones of the head: cranium and mandible
death's-head, skull
(figuratively) mind or brain
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Verb

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skull (third-person singular simple presentskulls,present participleskulling,simple past and past participleskulled)

  1. To hit in the head with a fist, a weapon, or a thrown object.
  2. (transitive, golf) To strike the top of (the ball).
    • 2002, Robert C. Knox,Golf Balls Are Female, page148:
      Monte swung so hard at the next ball that heskulled it straight right, into the pond: 8 in, 9 out.
  3. Todrink everything that remains in aglass byupending it.
    • 2016, Karen Nolan,The Y Necklace:
      She nearlyskulled the next drink and, despite feeling a little woozy, she felt a lot better.
    • 2021, Mary Fifield, Kristin Thiel,Fire & Water:
      That was at Jessica Eyre's sixteenth, and while nothing terrible had happened (I hadskulled four Lemon Ruskis and fallen asleep in the garden), it was agreed by all that I had embarrassed myself.
    • 2022, Liam McIlvanney,The Heretic, page337:
      He lifted his pint toskull what was left, but suddenly the whole thing— the smell of smoke and spilled beer, the flat Glasgow voices, the chiming of the cash register, the clatter of glasses— was somehow too much.
    • 2022, Lena Moore ·,Coveted:
      Heskulled his drink, set the glass down, then grabbed the bottle and ambled over to the other couch.

References

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  1. ^“skull”, inDictionary.com Unabridged,Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Etymology 2

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Seeschool(“a multitude”).

Noun

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skull (pluralskulls)

  1. Obsolete form ofschool(“a multitude”).[1]

References

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  1. ^“skull”, inWebster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.:G. & C. Merriam,1913,→OCLC.

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Swedish

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Etymology

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An alternative form ofskuld(“debt”), fromOld Norseskuld, fromProto-Germanic*skuldiz, fromProto-Indo-European*(s)kéltis. Comparegälla andgälda.

Used to indicate for whom or why something is done.

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skull c

  1. sake
    Jag är glad för dinskull
    I'm happy for you (for yoursake)
    Jag gjorde det för dinskull
    I did it for you (for yoursake)
    för gamla tidersskull
    for old times'sake
    Han dog för sin övertygelsesskull
    He died for thesake of his convictions
    Hon gjorde det för rättvisansskull
    She did it for thesake of justice
    Jag gjorde ett litet misstag, men för denskull behöver du inte bli elak
    I made a small mistake, but that doesn't mean you have to be mean ("but for thatsake ((just) because of that) you don't have to be mean" – "för den skull" can be considered an idiomatic phrase)
    Gränssnittet är enkelt utan att för denskull vara begränsat
    The interface is simple without (despite being simple) being limited ("The interface is simple without for thatsake (without, because of that) being limited")
    För edra hjärtans hårdhetsskull tillstadde Moses eder att skiljas från edra hustrur (archaic language)
    Moses because of the hardness of your hearts (for thesake of the hardness of your hearts) suffered you to put away your wives (Matthew 19:8)

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