skelp

¹ American  

[skelp] / skɛlp /

Or scelp

noun

1. a slap, smack, or blow, especially one given with the open hand.

2. the sound of such a slap or smack.

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verb (used with object)

1. to slap, smack, or strike (someone), especially on the buttocks; spank.

2. to drive (animals) by slapping or goading them.

skelp ² American  

[skelp] / skɛlp /

noun

1. metal in strip form that is fed into various rolls and welded to form tubing.

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skelp ¹ British  

/ skɛlp /

verb

1. (tr) to slap

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noun

1. a slap

skelp ² British  

/ skɛlp /

noun

1. sheet or plate metal that has been curved and welded to form a tube

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Etymology

Origin of skelp¹

1350–1400; Middle English; probably imitative

Origin of skelp²

First recorded in 1805–15; perhaps special use of skelp ¹

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Example Sentences

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skelp

David Narey's famous skelp to put Scotland one up against Brazil in 1982 was the exact point at which the rot set in.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 7, 2010

I can locate the trouble all right, if I don't have to hang on to my skelp with both hands.

From The Thunder Bird by B. M. Bower

Say, Lassie, why thy train amang, While loud the trump’s heroic clang, And sock or buskin skelp alang, To death or marriage; Scarce ane has tried the shepherd-sang But wi’ miscarriage?

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Robert Burns

My skelp isn't wuth as much as Bowie's is, anyhow.

From The Lost Gold of the Montezumas A Story of the Alamo by William O. Stoddard

I canna tell a', I canna tell a', Some got a skelp and some got a claw, But they gar't the Featherstons haud their jaw.

From The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author by John Hill Burton

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