Skunk (Noun)
Meaning 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'".
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Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The way he cheated on his wife and abandoned his kids makes him a complete skunk in my eyes.
- The company's CEO was widely regarded as a skunk for his role in the factory's environmental disaster.
- He lied under oath and ruined an innocent person's reputation, what a skunk.
- The skunk who embezzled all that money from the charity is finally behind bars.
- Many people consider the politician who was involved in the bribery scandal to be a skunk of the highest order.
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Meaning 2
American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae.
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Meaning 3
Street names for marijuana.
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Nouns denoting man-made objects.
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Meaning 4
A defeat in a game where one side fails to score.
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Nouns denoting natural events.
Examples
- The home team suffered a skunk, losing 10-0 to their arch-rivals in the championship game.
- The visiting team was on the receiving end of a skunk, failing to score a single point against the undefeated champions.
- The skunk was a crushing blow to the team's morale, as they had been riding a hot streak going into the playoffs.
- The final score of 15-0 was a skunk, a humiliating defeat for the team that had been expected to contend for the title.
- The team's fans were left reeling after the skunk, wondering how their team could have been so thoroughly dominated by their opponents.