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- [skuhngk]
- /skʌŋk/
- /skʌŋk/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [skuhngk]
- /skʌŋk/
Definitions of skunk word
- noun plural skunk a small North American mammal, Mephitis mephitis, of the weasel family, having a black coat with a white, V -shaped stripe on the back, and ejecting a fetid odor when alarmed or attacked. 1
- noun plural skunk any of several related or similar animals. Compare hog-nosed skunk, spotted skunk. 1
- noun plural skunk Informal. a thoroughly contemptible person. 1
- noun plural skunk U.S. Navy Slang. an unidentified ship or target. 1
- verb with object skunk Slang. to defeat thoroughly in a game, especially while keeping an opponent from scoring: The team skunked the favorites in the crucial game. 1
- noun skunk animal that secretes bad smell 1
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Origin of skunk
First appearance:
before 1625 One of the 42% oldest English words
1625-35, Americanism; < the Massachusett reflex of Proto-Algonquian *šeka·kwa (derivative of *šek- urinate + -a·kw fox, foxlike animal
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Parts of speech for Skunk
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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skunk popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 78% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
skunk usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for skunk
noun skunk
- backstabber — someone who attacks another deceitfully, behind his or her back
- bait and switch — Bait and switch is used to refer to a sales technique in which goods are advertised at low prices in order to attract customers, although only a small number of the low-priced goods are available.
- barratry — (formerly) the vexatious stirring up of quarrels or bringing of lawsuits
- blackguard — an unprincipled contemptible person; scoundrel
- bunco — a swindle, esp one by confidence tricksters
verb skunk
- beat down — When the sun beats down, it is very hot and bright.
- cast down — If someone is cast down by something, they are sad or worried because of it.
- counterplot — a plot designed to frustrate another plot
- creamed — the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- creaming — the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
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