skunk up
C1 informal separable transitive
In simple words
To make a place smell really horrible, like the spray from a skunk.
Literal meaning: To make something smell like a skunk — entirely literal in origin.
Meanings
1 C1 informal
To fill a place with a very strong, unpleasant smell.
"The dog rolled in something dead and skunked up the entire car."
Grammar: separable
Usage notes
Chiefly North American, since skunks are native to the Americas and the cultural reference is strongest there. Rare and informal. More likely to be encountered in rural or regional American English.
Commonly used with
room car house air clothes
Forms
Base
skunk up
I/you/we/they
3rd person
skunks up
he/she/it
Past simple
skunked up
yesterday
Past participle
skunked up
have + pp
-ing form
skunking up
continuous
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