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What is the verb for skunks?

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skunk
  1. To defeat so badly as to prevent any opposing points.
  2. (cribbage) To win by 30 or more points.
  3. (intransitive, of beer) to go bad, to spoil
  4. Synonyms:
      5. trounce, thrash, rout, clobber, paste, drub, annihilate, cream, whip, flatten, shellac, wallop, bury, whomp, smoke, smother, whup, whop, whap, dust, bomb, trim, tromp, skin, wax, snow under, blow away, hammer, overwhelm, crush, defeat, pound, wipe the floor with, lick, murder, beat, own, crucify, destroy, demolish, pulverize, stuff, massacre, beat hollow, make mincemeat of, blow out, slaughter, marmalize, pulverise, take to the cleaners … more
  5. Examples:
      6. “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.”
      “I bet you could skunk him at cribbage.”
      “I did not ask at the time, but now it seems like they may have been trying to skunk me.”
skunks
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of skunk
  2. Synonyms:
      3. trounces, thrashes, routs, clobbers, pastes, drubs, annihilates, creams, whips, flattens, shellacs, wallops, buries, whomps, smokes, smothers, whups, whops, whaps, dusts, bombs, trims, tromps, skins, waxes, snows under, blows away, defeats, beats, licks, hammers, overwhelms, crushes, bests, wipes the floor with, conquers, pounds, demolishes, owns, murders, worsts, subdues, makes mincemeat of, crucifies, stuffs, destroys, overcomes, slaughters, pulverizes, blows out … more
skunked
  1. simple past tense and past participle of skunk
  2. Synonyms:
      3. took, beat, bested, defeated, surmounted, dispatched, licked, overmatched, topped, bettered, conquered, creamed, outclassed, outdid, outperformed, outplayed, outshined, outshone, overcame, prevailed over, stopped, subdued, surpassed, triumphed over, upended, vanquished, won against, did better than, got around, got the better of, went one better than, wiped the floor with, overcome, mastered, worsted, got, trimmed, beaten, routed, trounced, overwhelmed, taken, crushed, overpowered, gotten, gat, clobbered, gotten around, thrashed, drubbed … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “If weather skunked our 14-day road trip, we would at least hit the most spectacular ski area in Canada.”
      “Been skunked a few times this year, even though you used your favorite rod, went to your super-secret spot and wore your lucky underwear?”
      “If they're out of position, it's over — they're skunked.”
skunking
  1. present participle of skunk
  2. Synonyms:
      3. getting, beating, defeating, besting, winning against, prevailing over, surmounting, triumphing over, dispatching, licking, taking, conquering, getting around, mastering, overbearing, overcoming, overmatching, stopping, subduing, trimming, upending, worsting, trouncing, routing, overwhelming, clobbering, crushing, thrashing, hammering, wiping the floor with, vanquishing, drubbing, shellacking, demolishing, creaming, getting the better of, doing down, pasting, stuffing, murdering, making mincemeat of, owning, overpowering, crucifying, taking to the cleaners, whipping, destroying, slaughtering, annihilating, running rings around … more
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