skunk skunk /ˈskʌŋk/

noun

1. () [Informal] A person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible  ( crumb [Informal, N. American] , dirty dog [Informal] , git [Informal, British] , lowlife [Informal] , rat [Informal] , rotter [Informal, British] , scum bag , so-and-so [Informal] , stinker [Informal] , stinkpot [Informal, N. American] , dirtbag [Informal, American] , ratbag [Informal, British] , scrote [British, Vulgar] , scumbag [Informal] , scuzz [Informal, N. American] , scuzzbag [Informal, N. American] , scuzzball [Informal, N. American] , scuzzbucket [Informal, N. American] , sleazebag [Informal] , sleazeball [Informal] , sleazebucket [Informal] , bum [Informal, N. American] , puke [Vulgar] , skunk [Informal] , slimebag [Informal] , slimeball [Informal] , toerag [Informal, British] )
   a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
    Only a rotter would do that
   only a rotter would do that
    Kill the rat
   kill the rat
    Throw the bum out
   throw the bum out
    You cowardly little pukes!
   you cowardly little pukes!
    The British call a contemptible person a git'
   the British call a contemptible person a git'
   
2. American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae  ( polecat [ N. American] , skunk , wood pussy [ N. American] )
   American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae
   
   
3. Street names for marijuana  ( grass , green goddess , locoweed , Mary Jane , pot , sens , sess , skunk , smoke , dope , gage , weed )
   street names for marijuana
   
4. A defeat in a game where one side fails to score  ( shutout , skunk )
   a defeat in a game where one side fails to score
   

verb

1. [Informal, N. American] (card game) defeat by a lurch  ( lurch , skunk [Informal, N. American] )
   (card game) defeat by a lurch