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skunk ((v.)) 
v. Slang fail or cause to fail (in an attempt to get or achieve something).
- 1961 We could almost taste the steelhead Sunday after finding the little "Q" (river) so prime but were skunked.
- 1963 One of my partners boated and released an eight-incher and the other worthy, who fished less than us, was skunked.
- 1961 We could almost taste the steelhead Sunday after finding the little "Q" (river) so prime but were skunked.