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Definition of scullsnext
present tense third-person singular of scull
as in rows
to move a boat by means of oars a couple sculled past in a racing shell

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noun

plural of scull

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Verb
  • As of Wednesday morning, one resale website had Grand Casino Arena tickets, 11 rows up from the ice, for the opening day game between Sweden and Slovakia selling for $35.
    Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 3 Dec. 2025
  • The public rows between David Gilmour and Roger Waters have escalated to a very personal level, particularly in regards to their political leanings about Ukraine and the Israel-Palestine conflict.
    Devon Ivie, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Even before the expedition reached land, Islanders had gone out to the ships, paddling canoes or reed bundles, or just swimming, unafraid and unarmed.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Reunited with the men, the family crosses the Mekong in canoes to refugee camps in Thailand on a dark and rainy night.
    Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 18 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • In addition to the impeccable service, fine dining, and luxury accommodations, one constant was our daily sightings of pink dolphins that would play around the boat and our skiffs during our four-night sailing.
    Jeri Clausing, AFAR Media, 21 Oct. 2025
  • But those were mere skiffs by comparison with the general-entertainment battleships.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Golden mussels clog the thruster and decorate the underside of his dinghies.
    CalMatters, Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Dozens have died in recent years trying to cross one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes in overcrowded dinghies.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Diving bell spiders, for example, trap air bubbles to survive underwater, while fire ants link their water-repellent bodies together to form floating rafts during floods.
    Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Yet the massive Coast Guard operation to prevent Cubans, who usually arrive on homemade boats and rafts, and Haitians, usually arriving on overloaded sailboats and rustic freighters, from landing continued.
    Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 16 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Distinctive mounds of pretty pink conch shells tower over the waves, piled up over the centuries to create one of Anegada's most important landmarks.
    Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Scale insects appear as tiny brown shells on plants.
    SJ McShane, Martha Stewart, 7 Jan. 2026
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“Sculls.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sculls. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.

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