Skunk in a sentence as a noun

Also, Google has a separate team for working on skunk works style projects.

Given the urgency of the situation, that was all they could reasonably do. "It wasn't a case of 'We caught you, you skunk,'" Nusbaum says.

"stoned", "bong", "skunk", "chronic", etc conjure up images that are too tightly aligned with negative stereotypes IMO.

So think, a lot of failed candidates, dumb ideas, and since pharma is siloed and closed, duplicated effort between different companies' skunk works.

Skunk in a sentence as a verb

You're assigned a role, and if you try to "compete" by seeking a different role or starting a skunk-works project, most companies will fire you or otherwise work to shut you down.

Most of the PA Semi guys at Apple will be working on chips for the next iPads and iPhones, but I'd be willing to bet lots of money there's a skunk works project to design a chip that could go into the Air. Apple loves squeezing the margin out of their suppliers, and Intel's margin is very juicy.

One of my father's co-workers had emptied out one of the better high schools in Mexico City by synthesizing essence of skunk and releasing it appropriately.

Skunk definitions

noun

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'"

noun

a defeat in a game where one side fails to score

See also: shutout

noun

street names for marijuana

noun

American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae

See also: polecat

verb

defeat by a lurch

See also: lurch