[noun] [C] - a small black and white N American animal that makes a strong unpleasant smell as a defence when it is attackedWe drove past several squashed skunks.(figurative informal) He's such a skunk (= an unpleasant, unkind person) he'd rob his own grandmother.
SKUNK
Meaning of SKUNK in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012