Well-built, robust, and durable, especially used to describe power tools. The term gained popularity in industrial circles from a YouTube channel called AvE.
I just bought an angle grinder, and it's pretty skookum.
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Comes from the Native American (Salish/Chinook) for 'great', 'large', 'frightening'.
skookum chuck = large water = the Pacific Ocean.
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A another word for the slang phrase "Tight" or something solid, or genuinely cool
hey check this out.. yeah that's skookum!
or
that's so skookum!
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Means "Good Luck" American Indian in origin. There is a town of Skookum near Aberdeen in Washington state. Also a logging company (Skookum Logging),and a Skookum log-yarder. Used frequently by Loggers to describe anything done well.
"Tim was able to fell, buck and yard all of the trees that were marked for harvesting without barking up any of the trees that were designated to be left standing. He did a skookum job"
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An intensely complicated sex move involving three or more people, three of which must be the same gender. The skookum involves at least one occasion of anal. A variety of roles are to be played by the skookers. The first is someone who pretends to be a wild animal, usually a wolf or a bear. The second takes the role of Lou Gehrig. The third skooker eats large volumes of food during the ordeal, usually in the form of subway sandwiches or chicken burritos. However, because the skookum may involve more people, it is not limited to only these types of roles. The skookum lasts hours, and frequently continues long into the night. Journey's "Don't Stop Believing" is the optimal song to skook to.
Lou, Bill, and Yanni spent all of last night doing the skookum.
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Also a breed of cat. A Mix between a Munchkin and Leperm. Short legs, curly fur.
I'd buy that Skookum but that other one is cuter
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