noun
Meaning 1
A blow; a smart stroke, especially with the hand; a smack.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
skelp
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/skɛlp/
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noun
Meaning 2
A squall; a heavy fall of rain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland
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noun
Meaning 3
A large portion.
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Usage: Scotland
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noun
Meaning 4
A narrow strip of rolled or forged metal, ready to be bent and welded to form a pipe.
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verb
Meaning 5
To beat or slap with the hand.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-England, Scotland, transitive
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verb
Meaning 6
To beat, pound or hammer.
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Usage: Northern-England, Scotland, transitive
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verb
Meaning 7
To drive by blows; to drive (hard), to cause to move rapidly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland
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verb
Meaning 8
To move briskly along; to run.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, Northern-England, Scotland, intransitive
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verb
Meaning 9
To rain heavily; (of rain) to fall.
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Usage: intransitive
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verb
Meaning 10
To form (a plate or bar of metal, etc.) into a skelp.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 11
To bend round (a skelp) in tube-making.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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History
Etymology
From Middle English skelpen, probably of imitative origin. The noun is from Middle English skelp, from the verb.