Skull Definition
skŭl
skulls
noun
The entire bony or cartilaginous framework of the head of a vertebrate, enclosing and protecting the brain and sense organs, including the bones of the face and jaw.
Webster's New World
The human cranium regarded as the seat of thought or intelligence.
A thick skull, an empty skull.
Webster's New World
A death's-head.
American Heritage
1601, Philemon Holland (translat), Pliny the Elder (auth), The Historie of the World. Commonly called, The Natvrall Historie of C. Plinivs Secvndvs., book IX, chapter xv: “Of the names and natures of many fishes.".
These fishs, togither with the old Tunies and the young, called Pelamides, enter in great flotes and skulls, into the sea Pontus, for the sweet food that they there find: and every companie of them hath their fever all leaders and captaines; and before them all, the Maquerels lead the way; which, while they be in the water, have a colour of brimstone; but without, like they be to the rest.
Wiktionary
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
verb
To hit on the head.
Webster's New World
To hit the top of (a golf ball) causing it to go too far.
Webster's New World
idiom
out of one's skull
- insane; crazy
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Skull
Noun
Singular:
skull
Plural:
skullsIdioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Skull
- out of one's skull
Origin of Skull
From Middle English scolle, probably from Old Norse skalli (“bald head, skull"), itself probably related to Old English scealu (“husk"). Cf. Swedish skulle, Norwegian skult.
From Wiktionary
Middle English sculle probably of Scandinavian origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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See school (“a multitude").
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