To continually or inexorably harm someone; to continue to do harm; to needle over time; to weaken someone over time.

To grasp, or attempt to grasp, something or somebody, using one's hand, usually in a rough or rude manner.

To bite or pinch with small actions. / (of poor weather) To be cold; to be bitingly cold. / (idiomatic) To sip a drink (usually alcoholic) in small amounts.

To come on to (someone) in a rude way, with excessive and unwelcome touching; to handle (someone or something) rudely or clumsily. / To repeatedly hit (someone or something) with a paw.

(slang, African-American Vernacular) To talk to; to communicate with; to tell of important things.

To speak with (someone) without truly listening to their response or interacting meaningfully. / (slang, originally African-American Vernacular) To speak with; to have a conversation with.

Alternative form of skunk at a garden party

(idiomatic) Within a group, someone who is unwelcome and actively avoided.

(obsolete) Alternative form of at a venture

(dated) at random, without application of due thought, haphazardly or recklessly