skunked

noun

American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled

street names for marijuana

a defeat in a game where one side fails to score

a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible

verb

defeat by a lurch

Roots

squunckskunk- · Algonquian · skunk

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The word skunked breaks down into one root of Algonquian origin: the root skunk-, from Algonquian squunck (“skunk”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.