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English noun: skunk | |||
| 1. | skunk (person) a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible | ||
| Samples | 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'. | ||
| Synonyms | bum, crumb, dirty dog, git, lowlife, puke, rat, rotter, scum bag, so-and-so, stinker, stinkpot | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | disagreeable person, unpleasant person | ||
| 2. | skunk (event) a defeat in a game where one side fails to score | ||
| Synonyms | shutout | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | defeat, licking | ||
| 3. | skunk (artifact) street names for marijuana | ||
| Synonyms | dope, gage, grass, green goddess, locoweed, Mary Jane, pot, sens, sess, smoke, weed | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cannabis, ganja, marihuana, marijuana | ||
| 4. | skunk (animal) American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae | ||
| Synonyms | polecat, wood pussy | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | mustelid, musteline, musteline mammal | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | badger skunk, Conepatus leuconotus, hog-nosed skunk, hognosed skunk, hooded skunk, little spotted skunk, Mephitis macroura, Mephitis mephitis, rooter skunk, Spilogale putorius, spotted skunk, striped skunk | ||
English verb: skunk | |||
| 1. | skunk (competition) defeat by a lurch | ||
| Synonyms | lurch | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | defeat, get the better of, overcome | ||
| Domain category | card game, cards | ||
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