What is Scull?
1.
(v trans) to drink (an alcoholic beverage) in a single draught.
Syn.
Poss. derived from "skol" a term similar to "cheers!"
There is no bloody way I'm sculling that yard-glass.
2.
To drink a beverage (usually alcoholic) very quickly. Synonym for
Scull! Scull! Scull!
3.
To row with an oar in each hand versus both hands on one oar as in
He sculls. She rows but she hates crew.
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4.
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
Coxed Quadruple scull is "4x+"
Coxless Quadruple scull is "4x-"
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5.
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.
"Hey Nate, would you quit sculling around, we got shit to do!"
"I can't stand sculling around like this all day. I need to accomplish a task!"
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