Check Dictionary

Find out more about word, its definitions etc.

Valid in these dictionaries

TWL/NWL (Scrabble US/CA/TH)
SOWPODS/CSW (Scrabble UK / ALL)
ENABLE (Words with Friends)

Meaning of skunk

1 definition found

From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  skunk
      n 1: a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible;
           "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'" [syn: {rotter}, {dirty dog},
           {rat}, {skunk}, {stinker}, {stinkpot}, {bum}, {puke},
           {crumb}, {lowlife}, {scum bag}, {so-and-so}, {git}]
      2: a defeat in a game where one side fails to score [syn:
         {shutout}, {skunk}]
      3: street names for marijuana [syn: {pot}, {grass}, {green
         goddess}, {dope}, {weed}, {gage}, {sess}, {sens}, {smoke},
         {skunk}, {locoweed}, {Mary Jane}]
      4: American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely
         malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put
         in a separate subfamily Mephitinae [syn: {skunk}, {polecat},
         {wood pussy}]
      v 1: defeat by a lurch [syn: {lurch}, {skunk}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

Use this dictionary checker to learn more about a word - find out its meaning and also make sure whether that word is a valid word in any of these dictionaries (used by popular word games). Here is the list of dictionaries it checks for :

OCTWL / TWL : The official dictionary for scrabble game in United States, Canada and Thailand.
SOWPODS / CSW : UK and the rest of the world uses this dictionary for various word games including scrabble.
ENABLE - This is the default dictionary for Words with Friends.

The dictionary checker is also good at solving any issue with a disputed word when you're playing scramble games gainst your friends or family members. As a bonus, you also learn new words while having fun!

Back to Word Unscrambler