scull
noun
- implement used for water-borne propulsion
verb
- to propel (a boat) by means of scull
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /skʌl/ / /skʊl/
name
Etymology: From the Middle English surname, used as a nickname and related to skull.
- A surname.
noun
Etymology: See skua
- The skua gull.
verb
Etymology: See skull. The verb sense may derive from Danish/Norwegian/Swedish skål.
- To drink the entire contents of a drinking vessel without pausing.
“2005, Jane Egginton, Working and Living Australia, The Sunday Times, Cadogan Guides, UK, page 59, In 1954, Bob Hawke made the Guinness Book of Records for sculling 2.5 pints of beer in 11 seconds.”
“That way you get your opponent so gassed up from sculling beer that all he can think about is trying to burp without spewing.”