skunk
noun
- common name of mammals in the family Mephitidae
- strong-smelling strain of cannabis
verb
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Pronunciation: /skʌŋk/
noun
Etymology: From skunkweed (“certain highly aromatic marijuana”).
- Clipping of skunkweed, type of marijuana.
- Any of the strains of hybrids of Cannabis sativa and Cannabis indica that may have THC levels exceeding those of typical hashish.
verb
Etymology: Borrowed from an unattested Southern New England Eastern Algonquian word cognate with Abenaki segôgw (literally “he who squirts (musk) / urinates”), from Proto-Algonquian *šeka·kwa, from *šek- (“to urinate”). Doublet of Chicago.
- To defeat so badly as to prevent any opposing points.
“I skunked him at cards.”
“We fished all day but the lake skunked us.”
- To win by thirty or more points.
- To go bad, to spoil.