skell

(noun, verb)

noun

1. (slang, US, New York) a homeless person, especially one who sleeps in the New York subway.

- Did you see those two skells lying in the doorway?

2. (slang, US, New York) (informal police jargon) A male suspicious person or crime suspect, especially a street person such as a drug dealer, pimp or panhandler. (Compare scumbag.) Popularized on the American TV police drama NYPD Blue.

verb

1. (slang) To fall off or fall over

- She went skelling over on the ice.