Scull
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A single oar used at the stern in propelling a boat.
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(v trans) to drink (an alcoholic beverage) in a single draught.
Syn. [chug]
Poss. derived from skol a term similar to cheers!
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To drink a beverage (usually alcoholic) very quickly. Synonym for [chug].
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To row with an oar in each hand versus both hands on one oar as in [sweep] in a [sliding seat] rigged boat that is long and narrow. Usually a single rower. The opposite of the Team Sport of [Crew]. Great sport for the solitary athlete.
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A rower who uses two oars at the same time, one in each hand; this allows smaller boats to be rowed sculling, than sweep rowing. A pair being the smallest sweep boat with two people each with one oar. A single being the smallest sculling boat, with one person but two oars
To avoid confusion sweep and scull boats are named differently, a four man sweep boat is called simply four, while a four man sculling boat is called Quadruple scull or just quad
The abbreviation for sculling boats is the number of rowers in the boat followed by an x to denote a scull then a or - to denote coxed boats to coxless boats -
To scull around; to mill around. To waste time in a lethargic manner, typically playing video games on rust-colored couches in the musty apartments of Ithaca, NY.
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To have [an intellectual] conversation; propelling conversation [forward] with [genuine] thoughts
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