The Clue
Shut out an opponent (5 letter answer)
The Answer
SKUNK
Tags
Notes
The answer SKUNK is seen occasionally, appearing about once every 800 puzzles.
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Definition
SKUNK as a noun:
1. (rotter, dirty dog, rat, skunk, stinker, stinkpot, bum, puke, crumb, lowlife, scum bag, so-and-so, git) = a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible; "only a rotter would do that"; "kill the rat"; "throw the bum out"; "you cowardly little pukes!"; "the British call a contemptible person a `git'"
2. (shutout, skunk) = a defeat in a game where one side fails to score
3. (pot, grass, green goddess, dope, weed, gage, sess, sens, smoke, skunk, locoweed, Mary Jane) = street names for marijuana
4. (skunk, polecat, wood pussy) = American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae
SKUNK as a verb:
1. (lurch, skunk) = defeat by a lurch