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# sculling

noun (sculling — uncountable); verb, present participle of «scull» (scull, sculls, sculled, sculling)

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

## Everyday

1. Rowing a boat with two oars, one in each hand, or a single oar at the back of the boat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/sculling/#m1)
2. (swimming) Moving your hands back and forth in the water to stay still or move gently. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/sculling/#m2)
3. (Australia, slang) Drinking a whole drink very fast in one go (adults, often beer). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/sculling/#m3)

### In the lessons

In sport, sculling is a kind of rowing at clubs and the Olympics (single sculls, double sculls). In swimming lessons, children learn sculling to float and tread water. Phrases: single sculls, sculling boat, sculling with your hands.

### Examples

- She won a medal in single sculling. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/sculling/#x1)
- In swimming we practised sculling to stay afloat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/sculling/#x2)
- The sculling boat glided along the river. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/sculling/#x3)
- He was sculling with both hands to keep still. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/sculling/#x4)
- My aunt goes sculling on the Thames every Sunday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/sculling/#x5)
- Sculling uses two oars, one in each hand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/sculling/#x6)

### Note

Pronounced "SKUL-ing", like "skull" — homophone of "skull" (the bone). A "scull" is also the oar itself. In rowing (sweep), each person holds one oar with both hands; in sculling, each holds two.

## On Mova

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