skunk
Malodorous forest mammal
A skunk is a black-and-white mammal native to the Americas, famous for spraying a foul-smelling liquid when threatened.
The smell is so distinctive and unpleasant that skunk extends to anything that stinks: skunk weed is a potent strain of marijuana.
To skunk someone in a game is to defeat them utterly, shutting them out: We got skunked 7-0.
A skunk is also a contemptible person.
Dispersed liquid droplets
- muskAnimal-derived fragrance base
- stenchPowerfully offensive odor
- reekEmit strong odor
- pungentSharply strong-smelling
sulfurous · acrid · foul · malodorous · nauseating · rank · noxious · offensive
Warm-blooded, milk-producing animal
- nocturnalActive during darkness
- blackDarkest possible hue
- whiteAbsence of pigment
- stripesParallel linear markings
omnivore · burrow · North America · spray · defense · woodland · foraging · den
Game with lopsided scoring
- whitewashConceal or coat pale
- blowoutSudden tire failure
- zeroNumerical absence of quantity
- goose eggSlang for zero
mercy rule · dominate · trounce · rout · blanked · scoreless · humiliate · crush
spray
Dispersed liquid droplets
pungent · sulfurous · acrid · foul · malodorous · nauseating · rank · noxious · offensive · smelly
mammal
Warm-blooded, milk-producing animal
stripes · omnivore · burrow · North America · spray · defense · woodland · foraging · den · striped
shutout
Game with lopsided scoring
goose egg · mercy rule · dominate · trounce · rout · blanked · scoreless · humiliate · crush · demolish
scoring
Earning points in competition
marijuana
Psychoactive hemp plant
dank · pungent · hybrid · bud · stinky · chronic · loud · dispensary · THC · aromatic
- smellsmell, scent, odor, reek, aroma
- North American Naturebald eagle, American bison, bison, grizzly bear, raccoon
- American Wildliferaccoon, bison, bald eagle, grizzly bear, beaver
- Eastern wildlifewhite-tailed deer, raccoon, red fox, gray squirrel, chipmunk
- Indigenous NamesAlabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Chicago
- nocturnal creaturesowl, bat, bats, raccoon, opossum
- drunk as a skunkExtremely intoxicated, rhymingly
- skunk sprayNoxious animal secretion
- skunk worksCovert internal innovation unit
- skunk cabbageFoul-smelling marsh perennial
- skunk at a garden partyDisruptive presence among polite company
- spotted skunkMottled mustelid with defensive spray
skunks, skunky, skunked, skunking, skunk cabbage, skunkweed, skunkiest, skunklike