[{"word":"scalper","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"One who scalps, or removes the scalp of another.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"One who scalps tickets to popular entertainment events: buying them in advance and then selling them (e.g. online or just outside the venue of the event), often at inflated prices.","synonyms":["ticket tout"],"antonyms":[],"example":"We could see three different scalpers moving through the crowd outside the arena, each muttering the characteristic refrain: “Need any tickets?”"},{"definition":"A person on an open outcry exchange trading floor who buys and sells rapidly for his or her own account, aiming to buy from a seller and a little later sell to a buyer, making a small profit from the difference (roughly the amount of the bid/offer spread, or less).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A machine for removing the ends of grain, such as wheat or rye, or for separating the different grades of broken wheat, semolina, etc.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A surgical instrument for scraping carious bones.","synonyms":["scalping-iron"],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["scalping-iron","ticket tout"],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/scalper"]}]