Lexic.us

Definition of Skunk

1. Noun. A person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible. "The British call a contemptible person a `git'"

2. Verb. Defeat by a lurch.

3. Noun. A defeat in a game where one side fails to score.

4. Noun. Street names for marijuana.

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

Definition of Skunk

1. n. Any one of several species of American musteline carnivores of the genus Mephitis and allied genera. They have two glands near the anus, secreting an extremely fetid liquid, which the animal ejects at pleasure as a means of defense.

2. v. t. In games of chance and skill: To defeat (an opponent) (as in cards) so that he fails to gain a point, or (in checkers) to get a king.

Definition of Skunk

1. 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. ¹

2. Noun. (slang) A despicable person. ¹

3. Noun. (slang) A type of strong marijuana. ¹

4. Noun. (slang) A walkover victory in sports or board games, as when the opposing side is unable to score. Compare shutout. ¹

5. Noun. (slang) A skinhead who is also a punk. ¹

6. Noun. ''cribbage:'' A win by 30 or more points. (''Double skunk > 60 points, triple skunk >90.''). ¹

7. Verb. To defeat so badly as to prevent any opposing points. ¹

8. Verb. (cribbage) To win by 30 or more points. ¹

9. Verb. (intransitive) (of beer) to go bad, to spoil ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Skunk

1. to defeat overwhelmingly [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Skunk

1. Any one of several species of American musteline carnivores of the genus Mephitis and allied genera. They have two glands near the anus, secreting an extremely fetid liquid, which the animal ejects at pleasure as a means of defense. The common species of the Eastern United States (Mephitis mephitica) is black with more or less white on the body and tail. The spotted skunk (Spilogale putorius), native of the Southwestern United States and Mexico, is smaller than the common skunk, and is variously marked with black and white. Skunk bird, Skunk blackbird, the bobolink; so called because the male, in the breeding season, is black and white, like a skunk. Skunk cabbage See Porpoise. Origin: Contr. From the Abenaki (American Indian) seganku. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Skunk

skullduggery skulled skullfish skulling skullings skulllike skulls skulls and crossbones skully skulpin

skulpins skummer skummered skummers skunk (current term) skunk-weed skunk bear skunk cabbage skunk works skunkball

skunkbush skunked skunkhead skunkheads skunkier skunkiest skunking skunkish skunklike

Literary usage of Skunk

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Fox Texts by William Jones (1907)
"The skunk then went out of the lodge. "Come eat some big berries!" he said. ... The skunk then shot at the deer — bou! And all of them he killed. ..."

2. Recreation by George O. Shields, American Canoe Association, League of American Sportsmen (1902)
"The skunk is a much maligned animal and by no means so pungent and aggressive ... Though the skunk contributes a large proportion of the country's fur crop, ..."

3. Traditions of the Thompson River Indians of British Columbia by James Alexander Teit, Franz Boas (1898)
"The skunk left them there, went home and told the people that his brothers ... But their wives would not go, because, they said, " The skunk has shamed us. ..."

4. Handbook of Nature-study for Teachers and Parents: Based on the Cornell by Anna Botsford Comstock (1911)
"A fully grown skunk is about two feet long; its body is covered with long, ... The skunk has a long head and a rather pointed snout; its front legs are very ..."

5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"Ten species have been differentiated in North America ranging throughout the continent, but as they differ little in habit, the common skunk (M. ..."

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