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| 1. | [ noun ] a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible | |
| Synonyms: | bum puke scum_bag dirty_dog rat crumb lowlife so-and-so stinker git stinkpot rotter | |
| Examples: | "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'" |
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| Related terms: | unpleasant_person rat | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (pharmacology) the most commonly used illicit drug; considered a soft drug, it consists of the dried leaves of the hemp plant; smoked or chewed for euphoric effect | |
| Synonyms: | gage dope pot grass marijuana marihuana weed ganja sess sens smoke Mary_Jane cannabis | |
| Related terms: | soft_drug controlled_substance dope acapulco_gold hemp joint | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (botany) a strong-smelling plant from whose dried leaves a number of euphoriant and hallucinogenic drugs are prepared | |
| Synonyms: | marihuana ganja pot grass dope weed gage sess sens Mary-Jane Cannabis_sativa marijuana | |
| Related terms: | hemp acapulco_gold | |
| 4. | [ verb ] (games) defeat by a lurch, as in certain card games | |
| Synonyms: | lurch | |
| Related terms: | overcome card_game | |
| 5. | [ noun ] (pharmacology) street names for marijuana | |
| Synonyms: | dope gage sens locoweed green_goddess pot mary_jane sess smoke weed grass | |
| Related terms: | cannabis smoke | |
| 6. | [ noun ] (sport) a game in which one side fails to score | |
| Synonyms: | shutout | |
| Related terms: | game defeat lurch | |
| 7. | [ noun ] (zoology) American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae | |
| Synonyms: | wood_pussy polecat | |
| Related terms: | musteline_mammal hog-nosed_skunk hooded_skunk spotted_skunk striped_skunk | |
| Similar spelling: |
skink skank skanky |
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