plural skulls
1
: the skeleton of the head of a vertebrate forming a bony or cartilaginous case that encloses and protects the brain and chief sense organs and supports the jaws
2
: the seat of understanding or intelligence : mind see also out of one's skull
skulled
adjective
… the craniate (skulled) vertebrates …
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— usually used in combinationlarge-skulled
skulled; skulling; skulls
1
: to hit on the head
2
: to unintentionally hit (a golf ball or shot) with the bottom edge of the clubface
Synonyms
Examples of skull in a Sentence
Noun
He had a fractured skull.
paleoanthropologists recently found the skull of a prehistoric man in a remote area of the desert
Recent Examples on the WebPaul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 3 July 2024
When Rose’s skull and nearby bone fragments were sent to a Chico State anthropology lab for investigation in 1985, no cause of death or identification could be determined due to the state of her remains.
—Megan Vaz, Sacramento Bee, 29 June 2024
Daniel Rapaport, SI.com, 13 June 2019
The ball was sitting on such tight grass that he easily could have chunked or skulled it.
—Daniel Rapaport, SI.com, 17 June 2019
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Noun
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Picture an amphibian over 6 feet long, with a suction-cup mouth containing 4-inch fangs in a 2-foot-long skull that holds a ring of smaller, but equally sharp teeth.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 3 July 2024
When Rose’s skull and nearby bone fragments were sent to a Chico State anthropology lab for investigation in 1985, no cause of death or identification could be determined due to the state of her remains.
—Megan Vaz, Sacramento Bee, 29 June 2024
Verb
And, most incredibly, not after skulling a bunker shot on the par-5 14th, then hacking out to 30 feet.
—Daniel Rapaport, SI.com, 13 June 2019
The ball was sitting on such tight grass that he easily could have chunked or skulled it.
—Daniel Rapaport, SI.com, 17 June 2019
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“Skull.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skull. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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skull
noun
: the skeleton of the head forming a bony case that encloses and protects the brain and chief sense organs and supports the jaws
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