Skell Definition

skĕl
noun
A homeless person who lives as a derelict.
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(slang, US, New York) A homeless person, especially one who sleeps in the New York subway.

Did you see those two skells lying in the doorway?
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(slang, US, New York) (informal police jargon) A male suspicious person or crime suspect, especially a street person such as a drug dealer, pimp or panhandler. (Compare scumbag.) Popularized on the American TV police drama NYPD Blue.
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verb
(slang) To fall off or fall over.
She went skelling over on the ice.
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Other Word Forms of Skell

Noun

Singular:
skell
Plural:
skells

Origin of Skell

  • Alternatively, from skellum or skelder ("to beg in the streets"). Used by Ben Jonson, 1599.

    From Wiktionary

  • From skeleton, describing the often skeletal appearance of drug users.

    From Wiktionary

  • Origin unknown

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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