Skunk is one of two emoji CLDR files under stink, and the only animal of the two. Skunk emoji copy and paste here adds its look-alikes, six one-line text skunks, the word's Algonquian roots and eleven combos.
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Skunk, badger or raccoon
Skunk arrived with Emoji 12.0. Badger and Raccoon are one version older, and CLDR files them under honey and pester, curious and sly. Only Skunk is filed under stink. A device whose emoji are older than 12.0 may show it as an empty box.
A text skunk with its tail up
§(=='.') uses the section sign for a raised tail, two equals signs for the stripe, and an apostrophe, a period and an apostrophe for the face. ~(=='.') lowers the tail and is all keyboard characters.
Skunked puts a zero after the skunk: in slang, by Wiktionary, a side that is skunked scores nothing.
Questions and answers
Is there a skunk emoji?
Yes. Skunk is U+1F9A8, from Emoji 12.0, and CLDR's three search words for it are animal, skunk and stink. It is the first tile on this page.
Where does the word skunk come from?
From an Algonquian language of southern New England, in the 1630s; Wikipedia spells the borrowed word squunck. Wiktionary lists the Abenaki word segôgw as its cousin. Both spellings are tiles here.
What does it mean to get skunked?
In slang, by Wiktionary, to skunk an opponent is to beat them so badly that they score no points. The combo Skunked puts a goal net, a skunk and a zero in a row.
How do you make a skunk with keyboard symbols?
Type ~(=='.') for a skunk with its tail down: a tilde, a parenthesis, two equals signs, then apostrophe, period, apostrophe and a closing parenthesis. Swap the tilde for § and the tail goes up.
All 24 skunk items
The skunk and its look-alikes 5
🦡BadgerU+1F9A1. A look-alike. Filed under honey and pester, not under stink. Emoji 11.0.
👃NoseU+1F443. Filed under smell and odor. Emoji 0.6.
🐽Pig noseU+1F43D. The only other emoji CLDR files under smell. Emoji 0.6.
🦝RaccoonU+1F99D. Another look-alike. Filed under curious and sly. Emoji 11.0.
🦨SkunkU+1F9A8. Three search words: animal, skunk and stink. CLDR files two emoji under stink, and this is the animal. Emoji 12.0.
One-line text skunks 6
(>_<) §(=='.')Someone holding their breath
~ ~ ~ §(=='.')Tail up, and something in the air
~(=='.')Tail down, at ease
§(=='.')A skunk, tail up: a stripe down its back
§(=='.') §(='.') §(='.')A family in a row
~(==-.-) zzzAsleep
Where the word comes from 2
segôgwAbenaki, a cousin of that word, as Wiktionary has it
squunckThe southern New England Algonquian word English borrowed in the 1630s, as Wikipedia spells it
Skunk combos 11
🌙🦨After darkCrescent moon, then skunk.
🦨🌬️Fresh air, pleaseSkunk, then wind face.
🦨🤢Hold your noseSkunk, then nauseated face.
🦨🐼🦓🐧Monochrome clubSkunk, then panda, then zebra, then penguin.
🦨 ≠ 🦡Not a badgerSkunk, a not-equal sign, badger.
🦨🛁🧼Skunk bathSkunk, then bathtub, then soap.
🥅🦨0️⃣SkunkedGoal net, then skunk, then keycap 0. In slang, by Wiktionary, to skunk a side is to beat it so badly that it scores nothing.