Scully
name, noun, verb, slang ·2 syllables ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 An obstacle set up against military vehicles; a Czech hedgehog.
"Horned scullies usually are placed in water about 15 feet apart in a line parallel to the beach, with the rails pointing out to sea"
- 1 To be skeptical toward (a person or situation) with ideas that do not coincide with conventional wisdom. slang, transitive
"When she complains in another episode that Giles is refusing for once to consider a supernatural explanation, she says, "I can't believe that you of all people would Scully me,""
- 1 A surname from Irish.
Example
More examples"Upstairs the Swede was closing his bag. His back was half-turned toward the door, and hearing a noise there, he turned and jumped up, uttering a loud cry. Scully’s face was frightening in the light of the small lamp he carried. This yellow shine, streaming upward, left his eyes in deep shadows. He looked like a murderer."
Etymology
Reduced Anglicized spelling of Irish Ó Scolaidhe.
Named after Dana Scully, fictional FBI agent in the American science fiction series The X-Files, who acts as a skeptical foil to the conspiracy theories of fellow agent Fox Mulder.
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