Definition of Skunk

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Definition of Skunk

Skunk

Any one of several species of American musteline carnivores of the genus Mephitis and allied genera. They have two glands near the anus, secreting an extremely fetid liquid, which the animal ejects at pleasure as a means of defense.

In games of chance and skill: To defeat (an opponent) (as in cards) so that he fails to gain a point, or (in checkers) to get a king.

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Skunk Quotations

What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.
Abraham Lincoln

It is sometimes very hard to tell the difference between history and the smell of skunk.
Rebecca West

It may be that which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet,' but I should be loath to see a rose on a maiden's breast substituted by a flower, however beautiful and fragrant it might be, that is went by the name of the skunk lily.
Alexander Henry

You're making me feel like a skunk at the garden party.
Kenneth Starr

The only difference between a dead skunk lying in the road and a dead lawyer lying in the road is that there are skid marks around the skunk.
Patrick Murray

Sometimes when you get in a fight with a skunk, you can't tell who started it.
Lloyd Doggett

Skunk Translations

skunk in German is Stinktier
skunk in Italian is puzzola
skunk in Spanish is mofeta

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