skunk

1. 1.

   defeat by a lurch

   Synonymslurch

   Broaderget the better of

   card game

Other forms of skunk

plural

skunks·

past tense

skunked·

present participle

skunking·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about skunk

What does skunk mean?

skunk means "a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in skunk?

skunk has 1 syllable: skunk. In IPA it is /ˈskʌŋk/.

What is another word for skunk?

Close synonyms include rotter, dirty dog, rat, stinker, stinkpot. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is skunk a common word?

skunk is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.