Skunk

What do we mean by skunk?

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. noun

The glossy black and white fur of any of these mammals. noun

A person regarded as obnoxious or despicable. noun

Marijuana. noun

To spray with the foul-smelling liquid of a skunk. transitive verb

To defeat overwhelmingly, especially by keeping from scoring. transitive verb

To cause to have no success trying to catch fish. Used in the passive. transitive verb

To cheat (someone). transitive verb

To fail to pay (an amount due). transitive verb

A fetid animal of the American genus Mephitis, M. mephitica. noun

By extension Any species of one of the American genera Mephitis, Spilogale, and Conepatus, and some others of the family Mustelidæ, as the African zorille, Asiatic teledu or stinkard, etc. See these words. noun

A base fellow: a vulgar term of reproach. noun

A complete defeat, as in some game in which not a point is scored by the beaten party. noun

In an election, to defeat (an opponent) completely, so that the latter gets no votes at all.

To leave without paying one's bills.

Including the little striped skunks, at least twelve species have been recognized. After being changed back and forth by various revisers the name Mephitis is retained for the larger species and Spilogale for the smaller. noun

To beat (a player) in a game, as cards or billiards, completely, so that the loser fails to score.

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.

A despicable person.

A walkover victory in sports or board games, as when the opposing side is unable to score. Compare shutout.

A win by 30 or more points.

Words that are spelled similarly to skunk:
skunk, shunk, skun, spunk, skulk, skank, skink, sunk, slunk, stunk, kunk, scunk.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word skunk:
mephitis, clownfish, opossum, cottontail, cabbage, bobcat, polecat, raccoon, doobie, chipmunk, muskrat, stink, gopher, weasel, armadillo, cockroach, mink, marten, squirrel, rattlesnake, steely, porcupine, rabies, pep, odor, baxter, ape, coyote, badger, blackbird, striped, scent, smell, pew, stealth, rabbit, squirrels, otter, stripe, spray, cougar, glands, spotted, mammal, mule, boar, lynx, owl, discography, deer, feeder, bites, spruce, pets, beaver, cannabis, foxes, reptiles, scrub, snakes, elk, bald, fur, owls, kitty, mammals, snake, hare, swamp, brush, hawk, turtle, funk, cat, predators, gray, clarence, mice, mouse, lion, monkey, prairie, pocket, iowa, pet, fox, works, subspecies, cartoon, jay, diet, birds, tail, bat, bear, tributary, creek, turkey, wolf, hell.

Words that rhyme with skunk:
trunk, slink, debunk, funk, punk, chunk, shunk, junk, bunk, drunk, twink, spunk, dunk, hunk, monk, plunk, flunk, skink, prink, sunk, clunk, klunk, crunk, shrunk, spelunk, slunk, stunk, krunk, blunk, blue funk, tree trunk, trink, runk, schunk, munk, blind drunk, funke, dunc, xlink, brunk, strunk, feed bunk, pulmonary trunk, funck, bunke, brunke, ruhnke, juhnke, blunck, finunc, hunke, kuhnke, runck, schmunk, vandunk, yunk.

Adjectives that are often used to describe skunk:
striped, little, spotted, dead, old, dirty, nosed, common, mean, young, rabid, down, big, black, damned, american, miserable, western, eastern, rotten, damn, live, livered, female, poor, hooded, measly, cowardly, occasional, darned, tailed, yellow, angry, tail, filthy, meanest, stinking, wild, stuffed, fat, proverbial, infernal, beautiful, lousy, lowdown, blank, male, north, grown, frightened, trapped, giant, smelly, jimmy, yonder, brown, lazy, ornery, yporcritical, derned, backed, lowly, deodorized, unaccountable, plain, biggest, lived, nice, stewed, infected, notorious, mysterious, drunken, malodorous, yeller, goddamn.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective skunk:
cabbage, oil, works, odor, smell, skin, spray, family, scent, cabbages, leaves, skins, musk, meat, ape, spruce, grease, juice, bear, backwards, head, weed, hair, stripe, fur, root, farm, drunk, roots, blackbird, hunting, hunt, stench, mitochondria, hide, perfume, pelts, tail, leaf, bite, bird, currant, bush, fat, regalia, eye, bed, predation, medicine, brush, hole, farming, flower, tracks, bites, cabbagedom, piss, carcass, hollow, joke, spadix, walk, hydrophobia, gas, den, aroma, bands, incident, fir, stripes, tribe, flowers, hour, bait, urine, sort, plant, virus, spathes, essence, feathers, blush, cap, stink.

Consonant match to skunk:
skank, skink, schinke.

Words that sound like skunk:
skunk, skink, skank, skulk, sculk, sunk, skunks, skunky, skunked, sink, sync, sking, sinc, cinque, cinq, skinks, cink, cenk, senk, skinker, cinc, scink, skinka, sky hook, scum, sank, stunk, scummy, skanky, sanke, slunk, skum, skun, sken, sonk, sanc, scoke, skon, seekonk, scom, skanked, skok, scumm, squonk, scunny, skug, scac, skin, skinny, stink, skim, slink, schem, skem, swink, skeg, scem, cmk, skull, sulk, scully, scull, skully, skel, skulked, skulks, skal, skulker, scul, skule, sclc, skulle, sulc, scheme, scam, scan, scone, ska, schema, sca, cka, scums, scon, skag, screak, scag, schoon, scame, scutch, scoon, scunner, saac, scummer, scama, scog, scana, sgc, scomm, sai kung, scunge.