Skank vs. Skunk

Skank vs. Skunk — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Skank and Skunk

Skanknoun

A lewd and disreputable person, often female, especially an unattractive person with an air of tawdry promiscuity.

Skunknoun

Any of various small mammals, of the family Mephitidae, native to North and Central America, having a glossy black with a white coat and two musk glands at the base of the tail for emitting a noxious smell as a defensive measure.

Skanknoun

Anything that is particularly foul, unhygienic or unpleasant.

Skunknoun

(slang) A despicable person.

Skanknoun

A dance performed to ska, dub, or reggae music.

Skunknoun

(slang) A walkover victory in sports or board games, as when the opposing side is unable to score. Compare shutout.

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Skanknoun

A style of rhythmic guitar strumming in ska, reggae, and punk.

Skunknoun

(cribbage) A win by 30 or more points.

Skanknoun

The act of cheating a person.

That's not a good deal; it's a skank.

Skunknoun

A member of a hybrid skinhead and punk subculture.

Skankadjective

Lewd, vulgar, skanky.

Skunknoun

(slang) lang=en marijuana.

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Skankverb

To dance the skank.

Skunknoun

Any of the strains of hybrids of Cannabis sativa and Cannabis indica that may have THC levels exceeding those of typical hashish.

Skankverb

To play guitar with a skank rhythm.

Skunkverb

To defeat so badly as to prevent any opposing points.

I skunked him at cards.We fished all day but the lake skunked us.

Skankverb

To be dishonest or unreliable, to defraud or deceive, to steal.

Skunkverb

(cribbage) To win by 30 or more points.

Skankverb

(transitive) To cheat, especially a friend.

He short-changed a partner, leaving him feeling skanked.

Skunkverb

To go bad, to spoil.

Skanknoun

any substance considered disgustingly foul or unpleasant

Skunknoun

a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible;

only a rotter would do thatkill the ratthrow the bum outyou cowardly little pukes!the British call a contemptible person a `git'

Skanknoun

a rhythmic dance to reggae music performed by bending forward and extending the hands while bending the knees

Skunknoun

a defeat in a game where one side fails to score

Skunknoun

street names for marijuana

Skunknoun

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

Skunkverb

defeat by a lurch