name
Meaning 1
A surname.
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Standard Lemma guide
scull
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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skŭl
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/skʌl/
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Northern-England: /skʊl/
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homophone: skull
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rhymes with -ʌl
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CMU ARPABET: S K AH1 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A single oar mounted at the stern of a boat and moved from side to side to propel the boat forward.
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noun
Meaning 3
One of a pair of oars handled by a single rower.
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noun
Meaning 4
A small rowing boat, for one person.
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noun
Meaning 5
A light rowing boat used for racing by one, two, or four rowers, each operating two oars (sculls), one in each hand.
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noun
Meaning 6
Archaic spelling of skull.
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Usage: alt-of, archaic
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noun
Meaning 7
A skull cap. A small bowl-shaped helmet, without visor or bever.
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noun
Meaning 8
A shoal of fish.
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Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 9
The skua gull.
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verb
Meaning 10
To row a boat using a scull or sculls.
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verb
Meaning 11
To skate while keeping both feet in contact with the ground or ice.
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verb
Meaning 12
To drink the entire contents of a drinking vessel without pausing.
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Usage: Australia, New-Zealand, slang
Examples
- 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.
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noun
Meaning 13
a racing shell that is propelled by sculls
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: shell, racing shell
noun
Meaning 14
each of a pair of short oars that are used by a single oarsman
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Broader terms: oar
noun
Meaning 15
a long oar that is mounted at the stern of a boat and moved left and right to propel the boat forward
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Broader terms: oar
verb
Meaning 16
propel with sculls
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- scull the boat
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Broader terms: row
History
Etymology
From the Middle English surname, used as a nickname and related to skull.
From Middle English sculle (“a type of oar”), of uncertain origin, possibly from North Germanic, from Old Norse skola (“to rinse, wash”).
See skull. The verb sense may derive from Danish/Norwegian/Swedish skål.
See school.
See skua
Across languages
Translations
39 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: рул (rul) — single oar mounted at the stern of a boat
- Chinese Mandarin: 艪 (lǔ) — single oar mounted at the stern of a boat
- Chinese Mandarin: 艣 /橹 (lǔ) — single oar mounted at the stern of a boat
- Chinese Mandarin: 㯭 (lǔ) — single oar mounted at the stern of a boat
- Chinese Mandarin: 樐 (lǔ) — single oar mounted at the stern of a boat
- Chinese Mandarin: 櫓 /橹 (lǔ) — single oar mounted at the stern of a boat
- Chinese Mandarin: 槳 /桨 (jiǎng) — single oar mounted at the stern of a boat
- Finnish: mela — single oar mounted at the stern of a boat
- Finnish: perämela — single oar mounted at the stern of a boat
- Swedish: åra — single oar mounted at the stern of a boat
- Finnish: airo — one of a pair of oars
- German: Skull — one of a pair of oars
- Hebrew: שׁוֹטֵטָה (shoteta) — one of a pair of oars
- Swedish: åra — one of a pair of oars
- Bulgarian: скиф (skif) — small boat
- Dutch: skiff — small boat
- Finnish: jolla — small boat
- French: skiff — small boat
- German: Skiff — small boat
- Norwegian: singelsculler — small boat
- Russian: кано́э (kanóe) — small boat
- Slovene: enojec — small boat
- Spanish: yoleta — small boat
- Swedish: singelsculler — small boat
- Bulgarian: скул (skul) — racing boat
- Finnish: kilpasoutuvene — racing boat
- Russian: па́рная ло́дка (párnaja lódka) — racing boat
- Finnish: soutaa — to propel a boat with a scull or sculls
- German: rudern — to propel a boat with a scull or sculls
- German: skullen — to propel a boat with a scull or sculls
- Māori: kōue — to propel a boat with a scull or sculls
- Spanish: singar — to propel a boat with a scull or sculls
- Chinese Mandarin: 一口氣喝完 — drink entire contents
- Chinese Mandarin: 一口气喝完 (yīkǒuqì hēwán) — drink entire contents
- Chinese Mandarin: 乾(了) /干(了) — drink entire contents
- Chinese Mandarin: 走一個 /走一个 (zǒuyīgè) — drink entire contents
- Finnish: kulauttaa — drink entire contents
- Finnish: kumota — drink entire contents
- Finnish: kaataa kerralla kurkkuunsa — drink entire contents
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