Badgernoun
Any mammal of three subfamilies, which belong to the family Mustelidae: Melinae (Eurasian badgers), Mellivorinae (ratel or honey badger), and Taxideinae (American badger).
Skunknoun
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.
Badgernoun
A native or resident of the American state, Wisconsin.
Skunknoun
(slang) A despicable person.
Badgernoun
(obsolete) A brush made of badger hair.
Skunknoun
(slang) A walkover victory in sports or board games, as when the opposing side is unable to score. Compare shutout.
Badgernoun
A crew of desperate villains who robbed near rivers, into which they threw the bodies of those they murdered.
Skunknoun
(cribbage) A win by 30 or more points.
Badgernoun
(obsolete) An itinerant licensed dealer in commodities used for food; a hawker; a huckster; -- formerly applied especially to one who bought grain in one place and sold it in another.
Skunknoun
A member of a hybrid skinhead and punk subculture.
Badgerverb
To pester, to annoy persistently.
âHe kept badgering her about her bad habits.â;
Skunknoun
(slang) lang=en marijuana.
Badgerverb
To pass gas; to fart.
Skunknoun
Any of the strains of hybrids of Cannabis sativa and Cannabis indica that may have THC levels exceeding those of typical hashish.
Badgernoun
An itinerant licensed dealer in commodities used for food; a hawker; a huckster; - formerly applied especially to one who bought grain in one place and sold it in another.
Skunkverb
To defeat so badly as to prevent any opposing points.
âI skunked him at cards.â; âWe fished all day but the lake skunked us.â;
Badgernoun
A carnivorous quadruped of the genus Meles or of an allied genus. It is a burrowing animal, with short, thick legs, and long claws on the fore feet. One species (Meles meles or Meles vulgaris), called also brock, inhabits the north of Europe and Asia; another species (Taxidea taxus or Taxidea Americana or Taxidea Labradorica) inhabits the northern parts of North America. See Teledu.
Skunkverb
(cribbage) To win by 30 or more points.
Badgernoun
A brush made of badgers' hair, used by artists.
Skunkverb
To go bad, to spoil.
Badgerverb
To tease or annoy, as a badger when baited; to worry or irritate persistently.
Skunknoun
Any one of several species of American musteline carnivores of the genus Mephitis and allied genera. They have two glands near the anus, secreting an extremely fetid liquid, which the animal ejects at pleasure as a means of defense.
Badgerverb
To beat down; to cheapen; to barter; to bargain.
Skunkverb
In games of chance and skill: To defeat (an opponent) (as in cards) so that he fails to gain a point, or (in checkers) to get a king.
Badgernoun
sturdy carnivorous burrowing mammal with strong claws widely distributed in the northern hemisphere
Skunknoun
a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible;
âonly a rotter would do thatâ; âkill the ratâ; âthrow the bum outâ; âyou cowardly little pukes!â; âthe British call a contemptible person a `git'â;
Badgerverb
annoy persistently;
âThe children teased the boy because of his stammerâ;
Skunknoun
a defeat in a game where one side fails to score
Badgerverb
persuade through constant efforts
Skunknoun
street names for marijuana
Badger
Badgers are short-legged omnivores mostly in the family Mustelidae (which also includes the otters, polecats, weasels, and ferrets), but also with two species called in the related family Mephitidae (which also includes the skunks). Badgers are a polyphyletic grouping, and are not a natural taxonomic grouping: badgers are united by their squat bodies, adapted for fossorial activity.
âbadgersâ;
Skunknoun
American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae
Skunkverb
defeat by a lurch
Skunknoun
a cat-sized American mammal of the weasel family, with distinctive black-and-white striped fur. When threatened it squirts a fine spray of foul-smelling irritant liquid from its anal glands towards its attacker.
Skunknoun
the fur of the skunk.
Skunknoun
a contemptible person
âhe'd run up a massive phone bill and hadn't paidâthe skunkâ;
Skunknoun
short for skunkweed
Skunkverb
defeat (someone) overwhelmingly in a game or contest, especially by preventing them from scoring at all
âI knew he was a good fisherman, but I didn't expect him to skunk youâ;
Skunkverb
fail to pay (a bill or creditor)
âhe made a practice of skunking hotelsâ;
Skunk
Skunks are New World mammals in the family Mephitidae. While related to polecats and other members of the weasel family, skunks have as their closest Old World relatives the stink badgers.