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# scull

noun (a scull, sculls); verb (scull, sculls, sculled, sculling)

«scull» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. One of a pair of oars that one rower uses, one in each hand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scull/#m1)
2. A light, narrow racing boat rowed with sculls. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scull/#m2)
3. (verb) To row a boat using a pair of sculls, or using one oar at the back of the boat moved from side to side. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scull/#m3)
4. (verb, Australia, NZ, informal) To drink a whole drink very quickly in one go (this is for grown-ups at parties). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scull/#m4)

### In the lessons

In The Wind in the Willows, Ratty sculls his little boat on the river and teaches Mole; when Mole grabs the sculls to show off, he turns the boat over. In sport, single sculls and double sculls are Olympic rowing races. Phrase: «scull a boat», «single sculls».

### Examples

- Ratty sculled gently up the river. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scull/#x1)
- Mole snatched the sculls and fell in the water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scull/#x2)
- She won the single sculls race at the regatta. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scull/#x3)
- Hold one scull in each hand and pull together. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scull/#x4)
- The fisherman sculled with one oar at the back of the boat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scull/#x5)
- You need practice to scull in a straight line. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scull/#x6)

### Note

Scull sounds exactly like skull (the bones of the head) — homophones with different meanings. A scull is a small oar; a sculler is the rower.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «scull» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scull/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«scull» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/scull.html) on Mova free.