skull

 
Pronunciation: /skʌl/

noun

  • 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
  • informal a person’s head or brain: a skull crammed with too many thoughts

verb

[with object] informal
  • hit (someone) on the head: my waking came in drugged stages—I had been skulled

Phrases

out of one's skull

informal
  • 1out of one’s mind; crazy: I’m out of my skull with happiness
  • 2very drunk: she’ll be lying on a bed, out of her skull

skull and crossbones

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

Derivatives

skulled

adjective
[in combination]: long-skulled

Origin:

Middle English scolle; of unknown origin; compare with Old Norse skoltr