skunking

Verb

skunk (third-person singular simple present skunks, present participle skunking, simple past and past participle skunked)

1. (US, especially, transitive) To spray someone with a strong-smelling liquid.
   • "Yeah, Nolan tried to skunk me. Malcolm's making him clean up the pit right now,” said Simon, heading over to his dresser.
     “That explains the smell,” muttered the mouse. “You need a shower.”2017 February 7, Aimée Carter, Simon Thorn and the Viper's Pit, Bloomsbury Publishing USA, →ISBN, page 11
2. (US, slang, transitive) To defeat so badly as to prevent any opposing points.
   • I skunked him at cards.
3. (US, cribbage) To win by thirty or more points.
4. (US, intransitive) To go bad, to spoil.

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