skunk

  1. 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.
  2. Noun.  (slang) A despicable person.
  3. Noun.  (slang) A type of strong marijuana.
  4. Noun.  (slang) A walkover victory in sports or board games, as when the opposing side is unable to score. Compare shutout.
  5. Noun.  (slang) A skinhead who is also a punk.
  6. Noun.  ''cribbage:'' A win by 30 or more points. (''Double skunk > 60 points, triple skunk >90.'').
  7. Verb.  (cribbage) To win by 30 or more points.
  8. Verb.  (intransitive) (of beer) to go bad, to spoil.

This is an unmodified, but possibly outdated, definition from Wiktionary and used here under the Creative Commons license. Wiktionary is a great resource. If you like it too, please donate to Wikimedia.

This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.