skunk meaning and definition

SKUNK noun

Definition of skunk (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'"
   • synonyms: bum, crumb, dirty dog, git, lowlife, puke, rat, rotter, scum bag, so-and-so, stinker, stinkpot
2. a defeat in a game where one side fails to score
   • synonyms: shutout
3. street names for marijuana
   • synonyms: dope, gage, grass, green goddess, locoweed, Mary Jane, pot, sens, sess, smoke, weed
4. American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae
   • synonyms: polecat, wood pussy

SKUNK verb

Definition of skunk (verb)

1. defeat by a lurch
   • synonyms: lurch