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1. (n.) skunk
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. skunk
a thoroughly contemptible person.
3. (v.t.) skunk
to defeat thoroughly in a game, esp. to keep scoreless.
4. skunk
to cheat; swindle (usu. fol. by out).
Etymology: (1625–35, Amer.; < Algonquian)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) rotter, dirty dog, rat, skunk, stinker, stinkpot, bum, puke, crumb, lowlife, scum bag, so-and-so, git
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'"
2. (noun) shutout, skunk
a defeat in a game where one side fails to score
3. (noun) pot, grass, green goddess, dope, weed, gage, sess, sens, smoke, skunk, locoweed, Mary Jane
street names for marijuana
4. (verb) skunk, polecat, wood pussy
American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae
5. (verb) lurch, skunk
defeat by a lurch
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1. (noun) skunk
a black and white animal that uses a strong smell as a defense
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) skunk
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. (verb) skunk
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
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Sense: a small North American animal which defends itself by squirting out an unpleasant-smelling liquid.
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 Afrikaans: muishond |
 Arabic: ظَرِبان |
 Bulgarian: скункс |
 Brazilian: gambá |
 Czech: skunk |
 German: das Stinktier |
 Danish: skunk; stinkdyr |
 Greek: κουνάβι |
 Spanish: mofeta |
 Estonian: skunk |
 Farsi: راسو |
 Finnish: haisunäätä |
 French: mouffette |
 Hebrew: בּוֹאֵש |
 Hindi: एक काला सफेद अमेरिकी जानव |
 Croatian: tvor |
 Hungarian: bűzös borz |
 Indonesian: segung |
 Icelandic: skunkur,þefdÿr |
 Italian: moffetta |
 Japanese: スカンク |
 Korean: 스컹크 |
 Lithuanian: skunkas |
 Latvian: skunkss |
 Malay: skunk |
 Dutch: bunzing |
 Norwegian: stinkdyr, skunk |
 Polish: skunks |
 Persian: راسو |
 Pashto: سرابي، يوډول امريكايي پيش |
 Portuguese: gambá |
 Romanian: sconcs |
 Russian: скунс |
 Slovak: tchor |
 Slovenian: skunk |
 Serbian: tvor |
 Swedish: skunk |
 Thai: สัตว์สีดำสลับขาวพ่นกลิ่นเ |
 Turkish: kokarca |
 Taiwanese: 臭鼬 |
 Ukrainian: скунс |
 Urdu: امریکی نیولا |
 Vietnamese: chồn hôi |
 Chinese: 臭鼬 |
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