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to scull

to scull

1 7.7
To move a small boat using one or two oars you hold and move side to side
  • verb
  • /skʌl/
  • Specialized
translation icon : remar
  • He stroked again, sculling, leaving the woman behind.
  • out sculling

Examples

  • Spread wide, sculling with her wrists to maintain airspeed.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • With his right arm locked around her chest to pull her face out of the water, he used his left to turn around and kicked out for shore, sculling vigorously against the slow current pushing him down toward the burning Fourteenth Street Bridge.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • I still think we should've hollowed it out and sculled home.

    Desecration (1999)

  • Charly sculled backward and stuck her tongue out at her older brother and sister.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • Taian and Gorlen had watched them scull ahead, guiding Clabbus's boat away from the inn.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • After taking sculling lessons for weeks, she was finally able to propel her boat smoothly across the lake.

  • He practiced sculling on the river every morning, mastering the technique of moving the oars from side to side.

  • On weekends, the rowing team gathers to scull together, enjoying the calm waters and fresh air.

Synonyms

to pull
vsto scull
123 5.0

To move a boat by using oars

focuses on using one or two blades moved side to side rather than just pulling
to row
vsto scull
62 1.0

To move a boat using oars

uses one or two blades moved side to side instead of only forward strokes
to paddle
vsto scull
57 1.4

To move a boat through water using a short oar

uses one or two blades moved side to side rather than short shallow strokes
to punt
vsto scull
  • UK
1 7.9

To move a flat bottom boat by pushing a long pole against the riverbed

propels with one or two blades moved side to side, not by pole pushes
to oar
vsto scull
1.4

To move a boat by using long poles with flat ends

uses one or two blades moved side to side rather than regular forward strokes

How Fast

to race
91 1.0
to scull
  • Specialized
1 7.7
row
61 2.0
to paddle
57 1.4

Surface Forms

scull infinitive
sculled past
sculled past participle
sculling present participle
sculls third person singular

Etymology

Scull comes from an old word for 'oar' and the idea of pushing water. So, to scull is like to 'row' a boat with short oars, often moving them side-to-side.