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skull noun [ skʌl ]

• a bone framework enclosing the brain of a vertebrate; the skeleton of a person's or animal's head.
• "he broke his collar bone and fractured his skull"

skull verb

• hit (someone) on the head.
• "my waking came in drugged stages—I had been skulled"
Origin: Middle English scolle ; of unknown origin; compare with Old Norse skoltr .

out of one's skull

• out of one's mind; crazy.
"I'm out of my skull with happiness"

skull and crossbones

• a representation of a skull with two thigh bones crossed below it as an emblem of piracy or death.



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