/skʌl/
OriginFrom Middle English sculle (“a type of oar”), of uncertain origin, possibly from North Germanic, from Old Norse skola (“to rinse, wash”).
- 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.
- A skull cap. A small bowl-shaped helmet, without visor or bever.
“The scull is a head piece, without visor or bever, resembling a bowl or bason, such as was worn by our cavalry, within twenty or thirty years.”
- obsoleteA shoal of fish.
“Of fish that with their fins and shining scales
Glide under the green wave , in sculls”
- The skua gull.
- 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.”
- To skate while keeping both feet in contact with the ground or ice.
- Australia, New-Zealand, slangTo drink the entire contents of a drinking vessel without pausing.
“2005, Jane Egginton, Working and Living Australia, The Sunday Times, Cadogan Guides, UK, page 59,
In 1954, Bob Hawke made the Guinness Book of Records for sculling 2.5 pints of beer in 11 seconds.”
“That way you get your opponent so gassed up from sculling beer that all he can think about is trying to burp without spewing.”
“For a livelier scene, head here on Friday or Saturday night, when mass beer-sculling (chugging) and yodeling are accompanied by a brass band and costumed waitresses ferrying foaming beer steins about ”
Formssculls(plural) · sculls(present, singular, third-person) · sculling(participle, present) · sculled(participle, past) · sculled(past) · skol(alternative) · Sculls(plural)