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skunk
- pronunciation:
- skuhngk
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb
- features:
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noun |
| definition 1: |
a small, meat-eating North American mammal with black fur, a bushy tail, and a broad white stripe down its back, noted for the foul smell of the fluid it ejects when alarmed.
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| definition 2: |
(informal) a despicable person.
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
skunked, skunking, skunks |
| definition: |
(slang) to defeat decisively, esp. by holding scoreless.
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| related words: |
smear, trounce, whip |
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