skunked

skunk

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [skuhngk]
- /skʌŋk/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [skuhngk]
- /skʌŋk/

Definitions of skunked word

noun plural skunked 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 skunked any of several related or similar animals. Compare hog-nosed skunk, spotted skunk. 1
noun plural skunked Informal. a thoroughly contemptible person. 1
noun plural skunked U.S. Navy Slang. an unidentified ship or target. 1
verb with object skunked Slang. to defeat thoroughly in a game, especially while keeping an opponent from scoring: The team skunked the favorites in the crucial game. 1

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Origin of skunked

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 Skunked

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skunked 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.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for skunked

noun skunked

chicaned — Simple past tense and past participle of chicane.
wormed — Zoology. any of numerous long, slender, soft-bodied, legless, bilaterally symmetrical invertebrates, including the flatworms, roundworms, acanthocephalans, nemerteans, gordiaceans, and annelids.

verb skunked

larruped — Simple past tense and past participle of larrup.

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