Definition of "skunk"

skunk¹

/skʌŋk/

noun
plural skunks
1. Any of various small mammals, 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.
  Quotations
  The beaſts of offence be Squunckes, Ferrets, Foxes, vvhoſe impudence ſometimes drives them to the good vvives Hen rooſt, to fill their Paunch: ſome of theſe be blacke; their furre is of much eſteeme.
  1634, William Wood, “Of the Beasts that Live on the Land”, in New Englands Prospect. A True, Lively, and Experimentall Description of that Part of America, Commonly Called New England; […], London: […] Tho[mas] Cotes, for Iohn Bellamie, […], 1st part, pages 22–23
2. (slang, derogatory, dated) A despicable person.
3. (slang, derogatory, dated) Anything very bad; a stinker.
  Quotations
  On the other hand, many critics contend that in terms of literary quality, many of the multiple-storyline books are true skunks.
  1987, English Journal, volume 76, numbers 5-8, page 52
4. (slang) A walkover victory in sports or board games, as when the opposing side is unable to score.
5. (cribbage) A win by 30 or more points. (A double skunk is 60 or more, a triple skunk 90 or more.)
verb
third-person singular simple present skunks, present participle skunking, simple past and past participle skunked
1. (transitive, slang) To defeat so badly as to prevent any opposing points.
2. (cribbage) To win by 30 or more points.
3. (intransitive, of beer) To go bad, to spoil.

skunk²

/skʌŋk/

noun
plural skunks
1. A member of a hybrid skinhead and punk subculture.
  Quotations
  In the early 1980s, certain ex-punks joined them, becoming 'skunks' – a hybrid subculture of skinheads and punks.
  2006, Pam Nilan, Carles Feixa, Global Youth?: Hybrid Identities, Plural Worlds, page 192
  […] mods, skins, suedes, smoothies, punks, skunks, rude boys, soul boys and headbangers […]
  2011, Gerard DeGroot (quoting Brown), Seventies Unplugged

skunk³

/skʌŋk/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural skunks
1. (slang) Clipping of skunkweed (marijuana).
2. Any of the strains of hybrids of Cannabis sativa and Cannabis indica that may have THC levels exceeding those of typical hashish.

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