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skunk

DEFINITIONS OF: skunk

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

Synonyms:
polecat, wood pussy
Types:
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Mephitis mephitis, striped skunk
most common and widespread North American skunk
Mephitis macroura, hooded skunk
of Mexico and southernmost parts of southwestern United States
Conepatus leuconotus, badger skunk, hog-nosed skunk, hognosed skunk, rooter skunk
large naked-muzzled skunk with white back and tail; of southwestern North America and Mexico
Spilogale putorius, little spotted skunk, spotted skunk
small skunk with a marbled black and white coat; of United States and Mexico
Type of:
mustelid, musteline, musteline mammal
fissiped fur-bearing carnivorous mammals

n a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible

Synonyms:
bum, crumb, dirty dog, git, lowlife, puke, rat, rotter, scum bag, so-and-so, stinker, stinkpot
Type of:
disagreeable person, unpleasant person
a person who is not pleasant or agreeable

n street names for marijuana

Synonyms:
Mary Jane, dope, gage, grass, green goddess, locoweed, pot, sens, sess, smoke, weed
Type of:
cannabis, ganja, marihuana, marijuana
the most commonly used illicit drug; considered a soft drug, it consists of the dried leaves of the hemp plant; smoked or chewed for euphoric effect

n a defeat in a game where one side fails to score

Synonyms:
shutout
Type of:
defeat, licking
an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest

v defeat by a lurch

Synonyms:
lurch
Type of:
defeat, get the better of, overcome
win a victory over
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