Skookum

Skookum [SKOO-kəm]


Part of speech: adjective
Origin: Chinook Jargon, mid-19th century


1. (Of a person or animal) Strong, brave, or impressive.


Examples of skookum in a sentence


“Growing up, I had a skookum cat who feared none of the neighborhood dogs.”


“The documentary explained how the skookum grizzly bears would grab salmon out of the water to hunt.”
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