Skunk : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Skunk	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Skunk
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
skunk n a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible; "only a rotter would do that"; "kill the rat"; "throw the bum out"; "you cowardly little pukes!"; "the British call a contemptible person a `git'" Synonym(s): rotter, dirty dog, rat, skunk, stinker, stinkpot, bum, puke, crumb, lowlife, scum bag, so-and-so, git a defeat in a game where one side fails to score Synonym(s): shutout, skunk street names for marijuana Synonym(s): pot, grass, green goddess, dope, weed, gage, sess, sens, smoke, skunk, locoweed, Mary Jane American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae Synonym(s): skunk, polecat, wood pussy v defeat by a lurch Synonym(s): lurch, skunk
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Skunk \Skunk\, v. t. 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. [Colloq. U. S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Skunk \Skunk\, n. [Contr. from the Abenaki (American Indian) seganku.] (Zo[94]l.) 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. Note: The common species of the Eastern United States ({Mephitis mephitica}) is black with more or less white on the body and tail. The spotted skunk ({Spilogale putorius}), native of the Southwestern United States and Mexico, is smaller than the common skunk, and is variously marked with black and white. {Skunk bird}, {Skunk blackbird} (Zo[94]l.), the bobolink; -- so called because the male, in the breeding season, is black and white, like a skunk. {Skunk cabbage} (Bot.), an American aroid herb ({Symplocarpus f[oe]tidus}>) 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}. {Skunk porpoise}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Porpoise}.