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  3  definitions  found 
 
  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["o]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["o]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["o]l.)  See  under  {Porpoise}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  skunk 
  n  1:  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!"  [syn:  {rotter}, 
  {rat},  {stinker},  {bum},  {puke},  {crumb},  {lowlife},  {scum 
  bag},  {so-and-so}] 
  2:  a  strong-smelling  plant  from  whose  dried  leaves  a  number  of 
  euphoriant  and  hallucinogenic  drugs  are  prepared  [syn:  {marijuana}, 
  {marihuana},  {ganja},  {pot},  {grass},  {dope},  {weed},  {gage}, 
  {sess},  {sens},  {Mary-Jane},  {Cannabis  sativa}] 
  3:  the  dried  leaves  of  the  hemp  plant;  smoked  or  chewed  for 
  euphoric  effect  [syn:  {cannabis},  {marijuana},  {ganja},  {pot}, 
  {grass},  {marihuana},  {dope},  {weed},  {gage},  {sess},  {sens}, 
  {smoke},  {Mary  Jane}] 
  4:  American  musteline  mammal  typically  ejecting  an  intensely 
  malodorous  fluid  when  startled;  in  some  classifications 
  put  in  a  separate  subfamily  Mephitinae  [syn:  {polecat},  {wood 
  pussy}] 
  v  :  defeat  by  a  lurch,  as  in  certain  card  games  [syn:  {lurch}]




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