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Plural for any of various small mammals, of the family Mephitidae
“No way will he worry about trying to eat a smelly skunk and a crusty old painted turtle.”
Plural for a person who behaves in an offensive manner
“I was a skunk before I met you, Cassandra, a dirty rotten skunk.”
Plural for a drug smoked or ingested for euphoric effect
Plural for a person or thing intended to deceive others by unjustifiably claiming or being credited with accomplishments or qualities
Plural for one who informs someone, especially the authorities, about something
(informal) To comprehensively defeat
“After that, we went to play a round of pool so that I could redeem myself, and we both thought for a bit that I was going to skunk him.”
(informal) To be victorious over
“I bet you could skunk him at cribbage.”
To cheat, deceive or defraud someone for personal gain
“I did not ask at the time, but now it seems like they may have been trying to skunk me.”
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