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verb

Definition of scull next

as in to row

to move a boat by means of oars a couple sculled past in a racing shell

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Verb

Others prefer a quieter approach with an electric trolling motor, or perhaps even drifting with river currents and steering with a sculling paddle. —

Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 1 June 2023 Regardless, Toro Arana was determined to learn how to scull. —

Olivia Reiner, USA TODAY, 23 July 2021 Then came a lost decade when the Great Eight sculling all-stars or collegians took the trophy as US Rowing either sent development boats or nobody at all. —

BostonGlobe.com, 21 Oct. 2019 Rowers competed in masters, junior, and novice categories in both sweep rowing and sculling events. —

Bill Roth, Anchorage Daily News, 23 July 2019 The next came when Jobe, who had put his tee shot into the bunker left of the green, chunked his recovery into the rough and then sculled his chip across the green. —

Don Markus, baltimoresun.com, 16 July 2017 Sitting snug in the rear of the boat, coxswains yell commands to rowers, drowning out wind and sculling noise. —

David Whiting, Orange County Register, 24 May 2017

Noun

There’s also the use of sculls often, such as a building shaped in the likeness of a skullhead. —

Lynnette Nicholas, Parents, 19 Dec. 2025 Additionally, champions will be decided in mixed team events in artistic gymnastics and double sculls in coastal beach sprint rowing on Day 11, with mixed team events in table tennis on Day 15. —

City News Service, Daily News, 12 Nov. 2025 Kneeling beside a stream 30 miles north of McCall in late August, Emmit Taylor Jr. watched two Chinook salmon scull upstream. —

Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 5 Feb. 2025 British rower Imogen Grant — who won gold with Emily Craig in the women's lightweight double sculls on Aug. 2 — offered an in-depth look at the special display box and certificate that athletes are given to store their Olympic medals in a video shared on TikTok. —

Natasha Dye, Peoplemag, 23 Sep. 2024 Rollover Boat Blind Sneak boat or scull boat hunting was a popular method of shooting ducks during the market-hunting days. —

Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2024 Up next: Men’s pair sculls semifinal, July 30 5:10 a.m. Napheesa Collier, Breanna Stewart and Diana Taurasi, women’s basketball CT connection: UConn All three former Huskies stars started for Team USA in a 102-76 rout of Japan. —

Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 29 July 2024 Next up on Monday: Clayton’s Kara Kohler will get her chance at redemption in the women’s single sculls semi finals early Monday morning. —

Jason Mastrodonato, The Mercury News, 28 July 2024 Another stellar option is scull caps. —

Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019

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Verb

From the beginning, the Chinese survivors were maligned by the press, even though Fang helped row the lifeboat and transport people to safety, the BBC reported.

— Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 28 May 2026
Guardiola also rowed back on several of his initial plans, which included attack-minded left-back Aleksandar Kolarov as a centre-back, asking City’s existing full-backs to tuck into central midfield, and leaving out Yaya Toure completely.

— Michael Cox, New York Times, 22 May 2026