edible marine bivalve having a fluted fan-shaped shell that swim by expelling water from the shell in a series of snapping motions
edible muscle of mollusks having fan-shaped shells; served broiled or poached or in salads or cream sauces
one of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.)
shape or cut in scallops; "scallop the hem of the dress"
fish for scallops
form scallops in; "scallop the meat"
bake in a sauce, milk, etc., often with breadcrumbs on top
decorate an edge with scallops; "the dress had a scalloped skirt"
(football) a kick in which the football is dropped from the hands and kicked before it touches the ground; "the punt traveled 50 yards"; "punting is an important part of the game"
an open flat-bottomed boat used in shallow waters and propelled by a long pole
propel with a pole; "pole barges on the river"; "We went punting in Cambridge"
a concerted campaign to end something that is injurious; "the war on poverty"; "the war against crime"
the waging of armed conflict against an enemy; "thousands of people were killed in the war"
an active struggle between competing entities; "a price war"; "a war of wits"; "diplomatic warfare"
a legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration during which the international rules of war apply; "war was declared in November but actual fighting did not begin until the following spring"