Skunk vs Swunk - What's the difference?
skunk | swunk |
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.
(slang) A despicable person.
(slang) A walkover victory in sports or board games, as when the opposing side is unable to score. Compare shutout.
(cribbage) A win by 30 or more points.
To defeat so badly as to prevent any opposing points.
(cribbage) To win by 30 or more points.
to go bad, to spoil
A member of a hybrid skinhead and punk subculture.
* 2006 , Pam Nilan, Carles Feixa, Global Youth?: Hybrid Identities, Plural Worlds (page 192)
* 2011 , Gerard DeGroot (quoting Brown), Seventies Unplugged
(slang) (marijuana).
Any of the strains of hybrids of Cannabis sativa'' and ''Cannabis indica that may have THC levels exceeding those of typical hashish.
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As a noun skunk
is skunk (animal).As a verb swunk is
.skunk
English
(wikipedia skunk)Etymology 1
At first spelt squunck, from the (etyl) name for the animal, .Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* drunk as a skunk * skunkyVerb
(en verb)- I skunked him at cards.
- We fished all day but the lake skunked us.
See also
* Mephitidae * Mephitis * * * polecatEtymology 2
, influenced by the animal (Etymology 1).Noun
(en noun)- In the early 1980s, certain ex-punks joined them, becoming 'skunks' – a hybrid subculture of skinheads and punks.
