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skull

Definition

  • noun: the structure of bones that form the head and face of a person or animal
  • noun: the skeleton of the head of a vertebrate forming a bony or cartilaginous case that encloses and protects the brain and chief sense organs and supports the jaws

Examples

  • ('informal') You need to 'get it into/through your thick skull' [=you need to realize/understand] that you can't just sit there and expect everyone else to do your work for you!

  • ('informal') He can't seem to 'get it through his skull' that I don't like him.

  • He had a fractured 'skull'.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) when I meet him. And how will the great Durotan name his son? Better than you can hide your fat head. Laughing skull. Black rock. I just wonder who's left to fight? Lok'tar ogar! (Victory or death!) (..)
    2016 Warcraft