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deskunk

deskunk verb: to remove the smell of a skunk from (a pet dog, etc.).

Verb

deskunk (third-person singular simple present deskunks, present participle deskunking, simple past and past participle deskunked)

  1. (transitive) To remove the smell of a skunk from (a pet dog, etc.).
    • Don't panic. Don't grab the tomato juice. This home remedy will help deskunk your dog just fine.2021 April 27, Morgan Cutolo, “My Dog Got Skunked, Now What?”, in Reader's Digest, archived from the original on 24 Sep 2022

Forms of deskunk

third-person singular presentdeskunks
present participledeskunking
past participledeskunked
pastdeskunked

Origin of deskunk

From de- + skunk.

Questions about deskunk

What does deskunk mean?
Deskunk means to remove the smell of a skunk from (a pet dog, etc.).
What part of speech is deskunk?
Deskunk is a verb.
What is the past tense of deskunk?
The past tense of deskunk is deskunked.

Words near deskunk in the dictionary

  1. desktop pictures
  2. desktop publisher
  3. desktop publishers
  4. desktop publishing
  5. desktops
  6. deskunk
  7. deskunked
  8. deskunking
  9. deskunks
  10. deskward
  11. deskwork

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