scull

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. A single oar mounted at the stern of a boat and moved from side to side to propel the boat forward.
2. One of a pair of oars handled by a single rower.
3. A small rowing boat, for one person.
4. A light rowing boat used for racing by one, two, or four rowers, each operating two oars (sculls), one in each hand.

Verb

1. To row a boat using a scull or sculls.
2. To skate while keeping both feet in contact with the ground or ice.

Verb

To drink the entire contents of a drinking vessel without pausing.

Sinonieme

oar

paddle

row

pedal

skull

💀

canoe

🛶

casing

chassis

corpus

encrustation

fuselage

hull

incrustation

log

propel

pull

shell

🐚

skeleton

stem

sweep

toss

trunk

undercarriage

wave

👋

row a boat

kish

long oar

skeletal frame

punting-pole

airframe

stern-oar

bare bones

boat

⛵

bod

body

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/skʌl/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: sculle

In summary

From Middle English sculle (“a type of oar”), of uncertain origin, possibly from North Germanic, from Old Norse skola (“to rinse, wash”).