1. The bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates
   "The archaeologist carefully excavated the ancient human skull"
    
2. [informal] The upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
   "get it into your thick skull";
   - head, caput [technical], bean [informal], bonce [Brit, informal], noodle [informal], noggin [informal], dome [informal], nob [informal], napper [Brit, informal], nut [informal], melon [informal]

1. Hit someone on the head
   "He accidentally skulled his opponent during the soccer match"

Sounds like: skeet, skull

Derived forms: skulls, skulling, skulled

Type of: bone, external body part, human head, os[2]

Part of: animal, animate being, axial skeleton, body, organic structure

Encyclopedia: Skull