Badger vs. Skunk

Badgernoun

Any mammal of three subfamilies, which belong to the family Mustelidae: Melinae (Eurasian badgers), Mellivorinae (ratel or honey badger), and Taxideinae (American badger).

Badgernoun

A native or resident of the American state, Wisconsin.

Badgernoun

(obsolete) A brush made of badger hair.

Badgernoun

A crew of desperate villains who robbed near rivers, into which they threw the bodies of those they murdered.

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.

Badgerverb

To pester, to annoy persistently.

Badgerverb

To pass gas; to fart.

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.

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.

Badgernoun

A brush made of badgers' hair, used by artists.

Badgerverb

To tease or annoy, as a badger when baited; to worry or irritate persistently.

Badgerverb

To beat down; to cheapen; to barter; to bargain.

Badgernoun

sturdy carnivorous burrowing mammal with strong claws widely distributed in the northern hemisphere

Badgerverb

annoy persistently;

Badgerverb

persuade through constant efforts

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.

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.

Skunknoun

(slang) A despicable person.

Skunknoun

(slang) A walkover victory in sports or board games, as when the opposing side is unable to score. Compare shutout.

Skunknoun

(cribbage) A win by 30 or more points.

Skunknoun

A member of a hybrid skinhead and punk subculture.

Skunknoun

(slang) lang=en marijuana.

Skunknoun

Any of the strains of hybrids of Cannabis sativa and Cannabis indica that may have THC levels exceeding those of typical hashish.

Skunkverb

To defeat so badly as to prevent any opposing points.

Skunkverb

(cribbage) To win by 30 or more points.

Skunkverb

To go bad, to spoil.

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.

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.

Skunknoun

a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible;

Skunknoun

a defeat in a game where one side fails to score

Skunknoun

street names for marijuana

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

Skunknoun

short for skunkweed

Skunkverb

defeat (someone) overwhelmingly in a game or contest, especially by preventing them from scoring at all

Skunkverb

fail to pay (a bill or creditor)

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.