Skunked

adj, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Intoxicated by alcohol or recreational drugs. slang
  2. 2
    Having caught no fish at all when on a fishing trip. slang
  3. 3
    Having seen no birds at all when on a birding trip. slang

    "It no longer mattered that I had been skunked in the marsh. I had prevailed on the ponds."

  4. 4
    Ruined by poor storage or exposure to light.

    "We found some skunked beer in the abandoned cabin, but it was not worth drinking."

  5. 5
    Transitioning to a new meaning or usage and potentially controversial.

    "A word is most hotly disputed in the middle part of this process: any use of it is likely to distract some readers. The new use seems illiterate to Group 1; the old use seems odd to Group 2. The word has become “skunked.”"

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of skunk form-of, participle, past

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