skulling

1. 1
   verb

   The -ing form of skull. Use it after am, is, are, was or were, or to name the action.

   The fighter kept skulling his opponent until the bell finally rang.

   Skulling the ball sent it flying past the hole.

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2. 2
   noununcountable

   A way to guess how old a young bird is by checking how hard its skull has grown.

   Like counting the rings of a tree to tell how old it is.

   The bander used skulling to tell the young sparrow from an adult.

   Skulling showed that the little chick was only a few weeks old.

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