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1skunk
noun \ˈskəŋk\
: a small black-and-white North American animal that produces a very strong and unpleasant smell when it is frightened or in danger
: a very bad or unpleasant person
plural skunks also skunk
Full Definition of SKUNK
1
a : any of various common omnivorous black-and-white New World mammals (especially genus Mephitis) of the weasel family that have a pair of perineal glands from which a secretion of pungent and offensive odor is ejected b : the fur of a skunk
2
: an obnoxious or disliked person
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Origin of SKUNK
earlier squuncke, from a Massachusett reflex of Algonquian *šeka·kwa, from šek- urinate + -a·kw fox, fox-like animal
First Known Use: 1634
Related to SKUNK
- Synonyms
- bastard, beast, bleeder [British], blighter [chiefly British], boor, bounder, bugger, buzzard, cad, chuff, churl, clown, creep, cretin, crud [slang], crumb [slang], cur, dirtbag [slang], dog, fink, heel, hound, joker, louse, lout, pill, rat, rat fink, reptile, rotter, schmuck [slang], scum, scumbag [slang], scuzzball [slang], jerk, sleaze, sleazebag [slang], sleazeball [slang], slime, slimeball [slang], slob, snake, so-and-so, sod [chiefly British], stinkard, stinker, swine, toad, varmint, vermin
2skunk
transitive verb
Skunk
geographical name
Definition of SKUNK
river 264 miles (425 kilometers) SE Iowa flowing SE into Mississippi River
SKUNK[1] Defined for Kids
skunk
noun \ˈskəŋk\
Definition of SKUNK for Kids
: a North American animal related to the weasels that has coarse black-and-white fur and can squirt out a fluid with a very unpleasant smell
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