skunk

Any of various small mammals, of most genera 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 meas

The beaſts of offence be Squunckes, Ferrets, Foxes, vvhoſe impudence ſometimes drives them to the good vvives Hen rooſt, to fill their Paunch: ſome of theſe be blacke; their furre is of much eſteeme.

A despicable person.

In fact, the term he applied to this species of human being was "skunk," and he used it freely.

Anything very bad; a stinker.

On the other hand, many critics contend that in terms of literary quality, many of the multiple-storyline books are true skunks.

A walkover victory in sports or board games, as when the opposing side is unable to score.

A win by thirty or more points. (A double skunk is sixty or more, a triple skunk ninety or more.)

To defeat so badly as to prevent any opposing points.

I skunked him at cards.

We fished all day but the lake skunked us.

To win by thirty or more points.

To go bad, to spoil.

A member of a hybrid skinhead and punk subculture.

In the early 1980s, certain ex-punks joined them, becoming 'skunks' – a hybrid subculture of skinheads and punks.

2011, Gerard DeGroot (quoting Brown), Seventies Unplugged […] mods, skins, suedes, smoothies, punks, skunks, rude boys, soul boys and headbangers […]