skunk

skunk
I. noun (plural skunks; also skunk) Etymology: earlier squuncke, from a Massachusett reflex of Algonquian *šeka•kwa, from šek- urinate + -a•kw fox, fox-like animal Date: 1634 1. a. any of various common omnivorous black-and-white New World mammals (especially genus Mephitis) of the weasel family that have a pair of perineal glands from which a secretion of pungent and offensive odor is ejected b. the fur of a skunk 2. an obnoxious or disliked person II. transitive verb Date: 1843 1. a. defeat b. to prevent entirely from scoring or succeeding ; shut out 2. to fail to pay; also cheat

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