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noun. 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.

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

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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.

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transitive verb. To cheat (someone).

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

noun. 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.

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

To cause disease in or of; sicken; scale, or deprive of scales: said of fish in the live-well of a fishing-smack.

noun. 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.

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

To leave without paying one's bills.

noun. Any one of several species of American musteline carnivores of the genus Mephitis and allied genera. They have two glands near the anus, secreting an extremely fetid liquid, which the animal ejects at pleasure as a means of defense.

noun. the bobolink; -- so called because the male, in the breeding season, is black and white, like a skunk.

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noun. an American aroid herb (Symplocarpus fœtidus) having a reddish hornlike spathe in earliest spring, followed by a cluster of large cabbagelike leaves. It exhales a disagreeable odor. Also called swamp cabbage.

noun. See under Porpoise.

transitive verb. In games of chance and skill: To defeat (an opponent) (as in cards) so that he fails to gain a point, or (in checkers) to get a king.

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.

noun. A despicable person.

noun. Short for skunkweed (marijuana).

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

noun. A win by 30 or more points.

verb. To defeat so badly as to prevent any opposing points.

verb. To win by 30 or more points.

verb. (of beer) to go bad, to spoil

noun. American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae

verb. defeat by a lurch

noun. a defeat in a game where one side fails to score

noun. a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible

noun. street names for marijuana

"What I think we need more with NASA and with the Pentagon is less of this micro-managing, which adds hugely to costs, and have a fundamental reform of contracting where you say what your goals are with a vehicle or a weapons system, and then put it in what they call skunk works, where you say get the job done, we're not going to micro - manage you."

Conepatus  Mephitidae  Mephitis  Spilogale  little spotted skunk  

skunk blackbird  

drunk as a skunk  

cannabis  defeat  disagreeable person  ganja  get the better of  

Funk  Monk  blunk  bunk  chunk  

alligator  badger  beaver  bobcat  coon  

Cape polecat  animal  ape  bar  bear  

skunked  skunking  skunks