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

  • (..) But it wouldn't. So I'll remove him from your mind forever this way. I'll put my hands so... ...one on each side of your head... ...and I'll smash your skull between them like a walnut. And that'll block him out. Take your hands off me, you drunken fool. You know I've always admired (..)
    1939 Gone with the Wind