Home / Dictionary / Skunk

Skunk Very Common

Skunk has 9 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

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

a defeat in a game where one side fails to score

"The home team was embarrassed when they suffered a skunk at halftime after conceding three goals without scoring any themselves."

3

street names for marijuana

"He slipped a few skunks into his pocket before heading out to meet his friends at the park."

4

American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae

"The sudden spray from the skunk left my clothes smelling so bad that I had to change three times before dinner."

5

Any of various small mammals, 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.

"He accidentally let some skunk into his car, and now the entire interior smells like stale weed for days."

6

A member of a hybrid skinhead and punk subculture.

7

Clipping of skunkweed (marijuana).

Verb
1

defeat by a lurch

"The underdog team managed to skunk the defending champions in their final home game of the season."

2

To defeat so badly as to prevent any opposing points.

"The home team didn't just win; they completely skunked their rivals by keeping them scoreless throughout the entire game."

Example Sentences
"only a rotter would do that" noun
"kill the rat" noun
"throw the bum out" noun
"you cowardly little pukes!" noun
"the British call a contemptible person a `git'" noun
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
unpleasant person defeat cannabis musteline mammal get the better of
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
striped skunk hooded skunk hog-nosed skunk spotted skunk
Rhyming Words
sunk bunk munk dunk lunk punk hunk junk funk tunk gunk frunk plunk slunk drunk krunk flunk crunk stunk chunk
Compare
Skunk vs