Word Finder - skunk

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Any of various small mammals, of the family Mephitidae, native to North and Central America, having a glossy black with a white coat and two musk glands at the base of the tail for emitting a noxious smell as a defensive measure.

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A despicable person.

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A walkover victory in sports or board games, as when the opposing side is unable to score. Compare shutout.

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A win by 30 or more points.

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To defeat so badly as to prevent any opposing points.

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I skunked him at cards.

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To win by 30 or more points.

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(of beer) To go bad, to spoil.

Oh, god, Ully, this smells like a skunk crawled into my clothes!

If he didn't have some tootsie with him and I didn't know him for the skunk he is, I might have believed him.

Another of Ully's experiments.  Hopefully it's better than his demon skunk spray.

Other animals, more or less common, are the black-tailed deer, the jackrabbit, the badger, the skunk, the beaver, the moose and the weasel.

Are you sure it isn't a skunk?

When dyed dark blue or skunk colour it is good-looking and is sold widely in Europe.

Then there's the skunk, nobody seems to think twice about building a spliff.

Clothing manufacture Banking facilities for sporran manufacturer that imported from Canada wild fox, raccoon and skunk fur.

There we managed to get over the wall without the dog eating us and grab the first skunk plant we saw.

Destiny immediately followed her command, looking back at the skunk.

Carmen picked her up, watching the skunk suspiciously.

Many of the swamp sort are dyed to imitate skunk and look well.

Northern Ontario is still a valuable fur-bearing and hunting country, moose, caribou, fox, bear, otter, mink and skunk being found in large quantities.

Year by year skunk cabbage becomes more deeply anchored in the ground.

But in contrast to skunk cabbage, you can easily pull a wild calla out of the soil.

We also told how she nearly blacked out after smoking super-strength skunk cannabis in another drugs binge in Ibiza last month.

You smell like a skunk soaking in sardine nectar for a week.

While there is little research so far, it is likely that using skunk carries a higher risk of causing mental illness.

Have you been smoking too much skunk or eating too many hash cakes?

If you have no chance of avoiding the skunk, strive to avoid the double skunk!

The original hybrids, including skunk itself, are believed to have originated in the USA.

Recently, stronger types of herbal cannabis have become available with names like northern lights and super skunk.

That he's just trying to slip a dead skunk into the tumble drier.

The name skunk itself points to a USA connection (being so-called because of the pungent odor it emits while growing ).

Evans clubs the prostrate Irving with this book; [Mr Irving's] website depicts the Professor as a cartoon skunk.

There was a baby skunk lying at the side of the road, and she got out to see if it was still alive.

The wildest animals do not repose, but seek their prey now; the fox, and skunk, and rabbit, now roam the fields and woods without fear.

But sometimes it was a really noble and inspiring strain that reached these woods, and the trumpet that sings of fame, and I felt as if I could spit a Mexican with a good relish--for why should we always stand for trifles?--and looked round for a woodchuck or a skunk to exercise my chivalry upon.

If you have no chance of avoiding the skunk, strive to avoid the double skunk !

That he 's just trying to slip a dead skunk into the tumble drier.

Skunk cannabis This is a strong form of herbal cannabis.

Fit mudguards too, so that if the road is wet you do n't get sprayed with the characteristic " skunk stripe ".

The name Skunk itself points to a USA connection (being so-called because of the pungent odor it emits while growing).

Evans clubs the prostrate Irving with this book; [ Mr Irving 's] website depicts the Professor as a cartoon skunk.

What 's the difference between a dead skunk in the road and a crushed viola in the road?

Then there 's the skunk, nobody seems to think twice about building a spliff.

When being approached by a predator, a skunk has a short reaction time before it sprays.

If your dog has ever encountered a skunk, you'll appreciate this tip from dog expert Wendy Nan Rees.

This was because she had just seen a skunk run by her, and she was now concerned because of two things.

One being rabies (because most skunks are not out during the day), and the other is being sprayed by this mysterious skunk.

I asked if she was sure she saw this skunk.

Ruthie said, "Yes Wendy, I think I know what a skunk looks like.

What I didn't realize was that Ruthie was looking for where the skunk gone, and her phone was too far from the power base for the signal to reach it.

I had hoped the skunk did not want to see her as much as she did not want to see him.

It was not until she was safely back away from the area where she saw the skunk and was laughing (because I am panicking) that she told me what she saw.

Seeing a wild skunk during day is a rare sighting because these animal are known to be nocturnal, but there is the rare occasional that a skunk will come out during the day to get food.

As for bathing to eliminate skunk odor, people used to say bathe the dog in tomato juice, but today they have come a long way.

This usually will do the trick to take the skunk odor away.

You can now buy a commercial product to take the skunk odor away, but why buy it when you can make your own and save the money?

Everything worked out fine for Ruthie, and the skunk is fine.