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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