skunk
(skŭngk)
(skŭngk)n.
1.
a. Any of several small omnivorous mammals of the Americas belonging to the family Mephitidae, having a bushy tail and black fur with white markings and ejecting a foul-smelling oily liquid from glands near the anus when threatened.Also called polecat.
b. The glossy black and white fur of any of these mammals.
2. Slang A person regarded as obnoxious or despicable.
3. Slang Marijuana.
tr.v.skunked, skunk·ing, skunks
Slang
Slang
1. To spray with the foul-smelling liquid of a skunk:The dog got skunked.
2.
a. To defeat overwhelmingly, especially by keeping from scoring.
b. To cause to have no success trying to catch fish. Used in the passive.
3.
a. To cheat (someone).
b. To fail to pay (an amount due).
[Of Massachusett origin, ultimately fromProto-Algonquian*šeka·kwa : *šek-, urine + *-a·kw, fox, bushy-tailed animal.]
skunkstriped skunk
Mephitis mephitis