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Skunked
adj, verb, slang
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Intoxicated by alcohol or recreational drugs. slang
- 2 Having caught no fish at all when on a fishing trip. slang
- 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 Ruined by poor storage or exposure to light.
"We found some skunked beer in the abandoned cabin, but it was not worth drinking."
- 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 simple past and past participle of skunk form-of, participle, past
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