skunk

IPA: skˈʌŋk

Any of various small mammals, of the family Mephitidae, native to North and Central America, having a glossy black with a white coat and two musk glands at the base of the tail for emitting a noxious smell as a defensive measure.
(slang, derogatory, dated) A despicable person.
(slang, derogatory, dated) Anything very bad; a stinker.
(slang) A walkover victory in sports or board games, as when the opposing side is unable to score.
(cribbage) A win by 30 or more points. (A double skunk is 60 or more, a triple skunk 90 or more.)
A member of a hybrid skinhead and punk subculture.
Any of the strains of hybrids of Cannabis sativa and Cannabis indica that may have THC levels exceeding those of typical hashish.
(slang) Clipping of skunkweed (marijuana). [Any of several American plants that have an offensive odour, but especially Croton texensis and Polemonium viscosum]

Examples of "skunk" in Sentences

"The mean, crawlin 'skunk!" the pocket-miner gritted in his blankets.
The little guy was hungry, so they called the skunk whisperer, I guess.
How was I gonna evict a skunk from the bedroom 12 hours before flight time?
I also like the way the skunk is walking around in the background with the jar stuck on it's head as they interview the whisperer.
I couldn't help but laugh when they were showing that clip of Bruha talking away and the poor skunk is walking around in circles STILL with that jar on its head.
McCain smells like a rose, and Obama stinks, or, it's all Obama's fault, or, somehow, the skunk, an unnamed reptile, and Obama have had a freindship in the past and the skunk is Wildlife's gift to terrorism.
Marjorie Wallace, chief executive of the mental health charity Sane, said: Cannabis, particularly skunk, is finally being recognised as having potentially devastating effects on the developing brains of some young people.
What I think we need more with NASA and with the Pentagon is less of this micro-managing, which adds hugely to costs, and have a fundamental reform of contracting where you say what your goals are with a vehicle or a weapons system, and then put it in what they call skunk works, where you say get the job done, we're not going to micro - manage you.