skunk
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
(US)Any of various small mammals, of most genera 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.
- 2.
(US, dated, derogatory, slang)A despicable person.
- 3.
(US, dated, derogatory, slang)Anything very bad; a stinker.
- 4.
(US, slang)A walkover victory in sports or board games, as when the opposing side is unable to score.
- 5.
(US)(cribbage) A win by thirty or more points. (A double skunk is sixty or more, a triple skunk ninety or more.)
- 6.
(US)A member of a hybrid skinhead and punk subculture.
2011, Gerard DeGroot (quoting Brown), Seventies Unplugged […] mods, skins, suedes, smoothies, punks, skunks, rude boys, soul boys and headbangers […]
- 7.
(US, abbreviation, alt of, clipping, countable, slang, uncountable)Clipping of skunkweed, type of marijuana.
- 8.
(US, countable, uncountable)Any of the strains of hybrids of Cannabis sativa and Cannabis indica that may have THC levels exceeding those of typical hashish.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(US, slang, transitive)To defeat so badly as to prevent any opposing points.
I skunked him at cards.
We fished all day but the lake skunked us.
- 2.
(US)(cribbage) To win by thirty or more points.
- 3.
(US, intransitive)(intransitive, of beer) To go bad, to spoil.
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Borrowed from an unattested Southern New England word cognate with segôgw segôgw, from *šeka·kwa, from *šek- (to urinate). Chicago.