definition of
[skunk]

[1] #1 skunk n. [rotter, dirty dog, rat, stinker, stinkpot, bum, puke, crumb, lowlife, scum bag, so-and-so, git] a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible; "only a rotter would do that"; "kill the rat"; "throw the bum out"; "you cowardly little pukes!"; "the British call a contemptible person a 'git'". wn

[2] #2 skunk v. [lurch] defeat by a lurch. wn

[3] #3 skunk n. [shutout] a defeat in a game where one side fails to score. wn

[4] #4 skunk n. [pot, grass, green goddess, dope, weed, gage, sess, sens, smoke, locoweed, Mary Jane] street names for marijuana. wn

[5] #5 skunk n. [polecat, wood pussy] American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae. wn