skunk
IPA: skˈʌŋk
noun
- 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]
verb
- (transitive, slang) To defeat so badly as to prevent any opposing points.
- (cribbage) To win by 30 or more points.
- (intransitive, of beer) To go bad, to spoil.
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Examples of "skunk" in Sentences
- Skunks are animals that reek.
- There's an article on pet skunk.
- The odor of the animal is reminiscent of a skunk.
- For more information on skunk ownership, see Pet skunk.
- The spotted skunks are three species of Skunk in the genus Spilogale.
- "The mean, crawlin 'skunk!" the pocket-miner gritted in his blankets.
- A pet skunk is a skunk kept by humans for companionship and enjoyment.
- The little guy was hungry, so they called the skunk whisperer, I guess.
- The species has also the common names Skunk Dolphin and Piebald Dolphin.
- A 'pet skunk' is a skunk kept by humans for companionship and enjoyment.
- How was I gonna evict a skunk from the bedroom 12 hours before flight time?
- The secretion of the spotted skunks differs from that of the striped skunks.
- Skunk oil was used by the Native Americans as a healing balm or as a liniment.
- 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.
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