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Noun: skull  skúl
  1. The bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates
     
  2. [informal] The upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
    - head, caput [technical], bean [informal], bonce [Brit, informal], noodle [informal], noggin [informal], dome [informal], nob [informal], napper [Brit, informal], nut [informal]
Verb: skull  skúl
Usage: informal
  1. Hit someone on the head

Sounds like: skeet, skull

Derived forms: skulled, skulls, skulling

Type of: bone, external body part, human head, os[2]

Part of: animal, animate being, axial skeleton, beast, body, brute, creature, fauna, organic structure

Encyclopedia: Skull