skully

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noun

A street game in which players attempt to flick caps into a series of squares drawn on the ground.

UncommonScrabble 13

Meanings

skully1

nounskully (countable and uncountable, plural skullies)

plural skullies

  1. uncountableA street game in which players attempt to flick caps into a series of squares drawn on the ground.

    Synonyms: skelly, scully, skelsies, skilsies

skully2

nounskully (plural skullies)

plural skullies · alternative skullie

  1. UScountableespecially African-American VernacularA knit cap.

    My dick so big I use a skully for a jimmy hat

    1993 February 9, “Tonto”, in Apache Ain't Shit, performed by Apache feat. Nikki D.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA street game in which players attempt to flick caps into a series of squares drawn on the ground.

Origin

skully · noun

From skull + -y; (game): from the skulls which are drawn around the center square in the game.

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skully · noun

From skull + -y, it being a cap that goes over the head (skull).

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Cite this entry
APA

skully. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skully

MLA

“skully.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skully. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “skully,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skully.

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