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Skunk
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- 1 Any of various small mammals, of most genera 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. US
"The beaſts of offence be Squunckes, Ferrets, Foxes, vvhoſe impudence ſometimes drives them to the good vvives Hen rooſt, to fill their Paunch: ſome of theſe be blacke; their furre is of much eſteeme."
- 2 A member of a hybrid skinhead and punk subculture. US
"In the early 1980s, certain ex-punks joined them, becoming 'skunks' – a hybrid subculture of skinheads and punks."
- 3 Clipping of skunkweed, type of marijuana. US, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, slang, uncountable
- 4 American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae wordnet
- 5 A despicable person. US, dated, derogatory, slang
"In fact, the term he applied to this species of human being was "skunk," and he used it freely."
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- 6 Any of the strains of hybrids of Cannabis sativa and Cannabis indica that may have THC levels exceeding those of typical hashish. US, countable, uncountable
- 7 street names for marijuana wordnet
- 8 Anything very bad; a stinker. US, dated, derogatory, slang
"On the other hand, many critics contend that in terms of literary quality, many of the multiple-storyline books are true skunks."
- 9 a defeat in a game where one side fails to score wordnet
- 10 A walkover victory in sports or board games, as when the opposing side is unable to score. US, slang
- 11 a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible wordnet
- 12 A win by thirty or more points. (A double skunk is sixty or more, a triple skunk ninety or more.) US
- 1 To defeat so badly as to prevent any opposing points. US, slang, transitive
"I skunked him at cards."
- 2 defeat by a lurch wordnet
- 3 To win by thirty or more points. US
- 4 To go bad, to spoil. US, intransitive
Etymology
From an unattested Southern New England Algonquian word, cognate with Abenaki segôgw, segonku (“he who squirts (musk) / urinates”), from Proto-Algonquian *šeka·kwa, from *šek- (“to urinate”). Doublet of Chicago.
From an unattested Southern New England Algonquian word, cognate with Abenaki segôgw, segonku (“he who squirts (musk) / urinates”), from Proto-Algonquian *šeka·kwa, from *šek- (“to urinate”). Doublet of Chicago.
Blend of skinhead + punk, influenced by the animal (Etymology 1).
From skunkweed (“certain highly aromatic marijuana”).
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