skunked
English
Pronunciation
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Verb
skunked
- simple past and past participle of skunk
Adjective
skunked (comparative more skunked, superlative most skunked)
- (slang) Intoxicated by alcohol or recreational drugs.
- (slang) Having caught no fish at all when on a fishing trip.
- (slang) Having seen no birds at all when on a birding trip.
- 2003, Kenn Kaufman, City Birding: True Tales of Birds and Birdwatching in Unexpected Places, page 47:
- It no longer mattered that I had been skunked in the marsh. I had prevailed on the ponds.