skunk
/skʌŋk/ verb C2- To spray someone with a strong-smelling liquid.
- To defeat so badly as to prevent any opposing points. · I skunked him at cards.· We fished all day but the lake skunked us.
- To win by thirty or more points.
- To go bad, to spoil.
He/she/it skunks · Past skunked · Past participle skunked · -ing form skunking
Verb forms
- Base form
- skunk
- He/she/it
- skunks
- Past
- skunked
- Past participle
- skunked
- -ing form
- skunking
From the library
I don’t believe a rose _would_ be as nice if it was called a thistle or a skunk cabbage.
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