skunk
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
only a rotter would do that
Types & categories
- unpleasant person hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
defeat by a lurch
Types & categories
- defeat hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a defeat in a game where one side fails to score
Types & categories
- licking hypernym
Related & opposite
- skunk derivation
Sense 4 noun
street names for marijuana
Types & categories
- cannabis hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae
Types & categories
- musteline mammal hypernym
- striped skunk hyponym
- hooded skunk hyponym
- hog-nosed skunk hyponym
- spotted skunk hyponym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | rat |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | bum |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | unpleasant person |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | lurch |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | shutout |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | card game |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | defeat |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | skunk |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | licking |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | dope up |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | smoke |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | dope |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | cannabis |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | musteline mammal |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | striped skunk |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | hooded skunk |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | hog-nosed skunk |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | spotted skunk |