Skunk

Quick meaning: Skunk is a noun meaning (cribbage) A win by thirty or more points. (A double skunk is sixty or more, a triple skunk ninety or more.).

Meaning

(cribbage) A win by thirty or more points. (A double skunk is sixty or more, a triple skunk ninety or more.).

More Meanings

1. (transitive, slang) To defeat so badly as to prevent any opposing points.
2. (cribbage) To win by thirty or more points.
3. (intransitive, of beer) To go bad, to spoil.
4. 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.
5. (slang, derogatory, dated) A despicable person.
6. (slang, derogatory, dated) Anything very bad; a stinker.
7. (slang) A walkover victory in sports or board games, as when the opposing side is unable to score.

Example Sentences

I skunked him at cards.

We fished all day but the lake skunked us.

In fact, the term he applied to this species of human being was "skunk," and he used it freely.

In the early 1980s, certain ex-punks joined them, becoming 'skunks' – a hybrid subculture of skinheads and punks.

Word Forms

• skunks
• skunking
• skunked

Synonyms for skunk

Depending on context, synonyms include lurch, gage, rat, pot, weed, rotter.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include polecat, rat, weed, grass, cannabis, marijuana.

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