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!" [syn: {rotter},

{rat}, {stinker}, {bum}, {puke}, {crumb}, {lowlife}, {scum

bag}, {so-and-so}]

2: a strong-smelling plant from whose dried leaves a number of

euphoriant and hallucinogenic drugs are prepared [syn: {marijuana},

{marihuana}, {ganja}, {pot}, {grass}, {dope}, {weed}, {gage},

{sess}, {sens}, {Mary-Jane}, {Cannabis sativa}]

3: the dried leaves of the hemp plant; smoked or chewed for

euphoric effect [syn: {cannabis}, {marijuana}, {ganja}, {pot},

{grass}, {marihuana}, {dope}, {weed}, {gage}, {sess}, {sens},

{smoke}, {Mary Jane}]

4: American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely

malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications

put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae [syn: {polecat}, {wood

pussy}]

v : defeat by a lurch, as in certain card games [syn: {lurch}]