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Skunk

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Noun

1. bum, crumb, dirty dog, git, lowlife, puke, rat, rotter, scum bag, skunk, so-and-so, stinker, stinkpot

a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible

Example Sentences:
'only a rotter would do that'
'kill the rat'
'throw the bum out'
'you cowardly little pukes!'
'the British call a contemptible person a git''

2. shutout, skunk

a defeat in a game where one side fails to score

3. dope, gage, grass, green goddess, locoweed, mary jane, pot, sens, sess, skunk, smoke, weed

street names for marijuana

4. polecat, skunk, wood pussy

American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae

Verb

5. lurch, skunk

defeat by a lurch

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Skunk

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nounWord forms: plural skunks or skunk
1. 
any of various American musteline mammals of the subfamily Mephitinae, esp Mephitis mephitis (striped skunk), typically having a black and white coat and bushy tail: they eject an unpleasant-smelling fluid from the anal gland when attacked
2. informal
a despicable person
3. slang
a strain of cannabis smoked for its exceptionally powerful psychoactive properties
verb
4. (transitive) US and Canadian slang
to defeat overwhelmingly in a game

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Skunk

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nounWord forms: plural skunks or skunk
1. 
a. 
any of several bushy-tailed carnivores (family Mustelidae) of the New World, about the size of a house cat: it has glossy black fur, usually with white stripes or spots down the back, and ejects a foul-smelling, musky liquid when disturbed or frightened
b. 
its fur
2.  Informal
a despicable, offensive person
verb transitive
3.  Slang
to defeat overwhelmingly in a game or contest; often, specif., to keep from scoring any points

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Skunk

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n.
1.
a. Any of several small omnivorous mammals of the Americas belonging to the family Mephitidae, having a bushy tail and black fur with white markings and ejecting a foul-smelling oily liquid from glands near the anus when threatened.Also called polecat.
b. The glossy black and white fur of any of these mammals.
2. Slang A person regarded as obnoxious or despicable.
3. Slang Marijuana.
tr.v.skunked, skunk·ing, skunks
Slang
1. To spray with the foul-smelling liquid of a skunk:The dog got skunked.
2.
a. To defeat overwhelmingly, especially by keeping from scoring.
b. To cause to have no success trying to catch fish. Used in the passive.
3.
a. To cheat (someone).
b. To fail to pay (an amount due).

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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