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skunk

noun verb

American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae

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Word Facts

Word length
5
Starts with
S
Ends with
K
Contains
KU
Scrabble score
13
CEFR level
B2

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noun

  1. American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae

noun

  1. Street names for marijuana

noun

  1. A defeat in a game where one side fails to score

noun

  1. A person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible

    “Only a rotter would do that”

verb

  1. Defeat by a lurch

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Example Sentences

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’

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