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Skunk
Skunks are mammals in the family Mephitidae. The animals are known for their ability to spray a liquid with a strong unpleasant smell. Different species of skunk vary in appearance from black-and-white to brown, cream or ginger colored, but all have warning coloration.
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Skank (noun)
A lewd and disreputable person, often female, especially an unattractive person with an air of tawdry promiscuity.
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Skank (noun)
Anything that is particularly foul, unhygienic or unpleasant.
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Skank (noun)
A dance performed to ska, dub, or reggae music.
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Skank (noun)
A style of rhythmic guitar strumming in ska, reggae, and punk.
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Skank (noun)
The act of cheating a person.
“That’s not a good deal; it’s a skank.”
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Skank (adjective)
Lewd, vulgar, skanky.
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Skank (verb)
To dance the skank.
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Skank (verb)
To play guitar with a skank rhythm.
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Skank (verb)
To be dishonest or unreliable, to defraud or deceive, to steal.
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Skank (verb)
To cheat, especially a friend.
“He short-changed a partner, leaving him feeling skanked.”
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Skunk (noun)
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.
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Skunk (noun)
A despicable person.
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Skunk (noun)
A walkover victory in sports or board games, as when the opposing side is unable to score. Compare shutout.
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Skunk (noun)
A win by 30 or more points.
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Skunk (noun)
A member of a hybrid skinhead and punk subculture.
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Skunk (noun)
clipping of skunkweed|dot=marijuana.
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Skunk (noun)
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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Skunk (verb)
To defeat so badly as to prevent any opposing points.
“I skunked him at cards.”
“We fished all day but the lake skunked us.”
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Skunk (verb)
To win by 30 or more points.
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Skunk (verb)
To go bad, to spoil.
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Skank (noun)
a steady-paced dance performed to reggae music, characterized by rhythmically bending forward, raising the knees, and extending the hands palms-downwards.
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Skank (noun)
reggae music suitable for dancing the skank to.
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Skank (noun)
a sleazy or unpleasant person.
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Skank (noun)
a woman who has many casual sexual encounters or relationships.
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Skank (verb)
play reggae music or dance the skank
“the boys skank while some girls wiggle”
“skanking rhythms”
“a minimal skanking guitar”
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Skank (verb)
walk or move in a sexually suggestive way.
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Skank (verb)
swindle or deceive
“they made a tidy sum skanking the tourists”
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Skank (verb)
obtain by deception or theft
“I skanked the poster off some wall”
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Skunk (noun)
a cat-sized American mammal of the weasel family, with distinctive black-and-white striped fur. When threatened it squirts a fine spray of foul-smelling irritant liquid from its anal glands towards its attacker.
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Skunk (noun)
the fur of the skunk.
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Skunk (noun)
a contemptible person
“he’d run up a massive phone bill and hadn’t paid—the skunk”
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Skunk (noun)
short for skunkweed
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Skunk (verb)
defeat (someone) overwhelmingly in a game or contest, especially by preventing them from scoring at all
“I knew he was a good fisherman, but I didn’t expect him to skunk you”
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Skunk (verb)
fail to pay (a bill or creditor)
“he made a practice of skunking hotels”