scalp
noun
the integument of the upper part of the head, usually including the associated subcutaneous structures.
was scalping
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past progressiveof scalp.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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He was not happy to hear I was scalping autographs, and that was the end of it.
From Golf Digest ● Dec. 18, 2017
He jumped over the board seat and sat down right opposite me and took the fur right off his Head, just as if he was scalping himself and laid it on the ground.
From Roy Blakely, Pathfinder by Percy Keese Fitzhugh
