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skunk
(skŭngk)n.
1.
a. Any of several small omnivorous mammals of the Americas belonging to the family Mephitidae, having a bushy tail and black fur with white markings and ejecting a foul-smelling oily liquid from glands near the anus when threatened. Also called polecat.
b. The glossy black and white fur of any of these mammals.
2. Slang A person regarded as obnoxious or despicable.
3. Slang Marijuana.
tr.v. skunked, skunk·ing, skunks Slang
1. To spray with the foul-smelling liquid of a skunk: The dog got skunked.
2.
a. To defeat overwhelmingly, especially by keeping from scoring.
b. To cause to have no success trying to catch fish. Used in the passive.
3.
a. To cheat (someone).
b. To fail to pay (an amount due).
[Of Massachusett origin, ultimately from Proto-Algonquian *šeka·kwa : *šek-, urine + *-a·kw, fox, bushy-tailed animal.]
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skunk
(skʌŋk)n, pl skunks or skunk
1. (Animals) any of various American musteline mammals of the subfamily Mephitinae, esp Mephitis mephitis (striped skunk), typically having a black and white coat and bushy tail: they eject an unpleasant-smelling fluid from the anal gland when attacked
2. informal a despicable person
3. (Recreational Drugs) slang a strain of cannabis smoked for its exceptionally powerful psychoactive properties
vb
(tr) slang US and Canadian to defeat overwhelmingly in a game
[C17: from Algonquian; compare Abnaki segākw skunk]
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skunk
(skʌŋk)n., pl. skunks, (esp. collectively) skunk, n.
1. any of several bushy-tailed New World members of the weasel family, having a black coat with white markings and spraying a fetid defensive fluid.
2. a thoroughly contemptible person.
v.t. 3. to defeat thoroughly in a game, esp. to keep scoreless.
4. to cheat; swindle (usu. fol. by out).
Slang. [1625–35, Amer.; < Algonquian]
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| Noun | 1. |  skunk - a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible; "only a rotter would do that"; "kill the rat"; "throw the bum out"; "you cowardly little pukes!"; "the British call a contemptible person a `git'"disagreeable person, unpleasant person - a person who is not pleasant or agreeable |
| 2. | skunk - a defeat in a game where one side fails to score | |
| 3. |  skunk - street names for marijuana | |
| 4. |  skunk - American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily MephitinaeMephitis mephitis, striped skunk - most common and widespread North American skunk hooded skunk, Mephitis macroura - of Mexico and southernmost parts of southwestern United States badger skunk, Conepatus leuconotus, hognosed skunk, hog-nosed skunk, rooter skunk - large naked-muzzled skunk with white back and tail; of southwestern North America and Mexico little spotted skunk, Spilogale putorius, spotted skunk - small skunk with a marbled black and white coat; of United States and Mexico | |
| Verb | 1. | skunk - defeat by a lurch defeat, get the better of, overcome - win a victory over; "You must overcome all difficulties"; "defeat your enemies"; "He overcame his shyness"; "He overcame his infirmity"; "Her anger got the better of her and she blew up" |
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Translations
ظَرِبان
skunk
skunkstinkdyr
haisunäätäskunkki
tvor
bûzös borz
skunkur, òefdÿr
skunkss
skunks
dihur
skunk
skunk
[skʌŋk] N (skunk or skunks (pl)) (Zool) → mofeta f, zorrillo m (LAm)you skunk! (fig) → ¡canalla!
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skunk
n
(inf: = marijuana) → Pot nt (sl)
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skunk
(skaŋk) noun a small North American animal which defends itself by squirting out an unpleasant-smelling liquid.
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skunk
n zorrillo, mofeta (esp. Esp)English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.