skookum 

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.

skookum by Hnery Derpington III September 27, 2017

skookum 

Comes from the Native American (Salish/Chinook) for 'great', 'large', 'frightening'.

skookum chuck = large water = the Pacific Ocean.

skookum by Victoria December 10, 2003

skookum 

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!

skookum by steves candy eater October 22, 2003

Skookum 

Originally derived from the Canadian colloquial term for “big and strong” this has been bastardized by the Pennsylvania Dutch English speakers as to mean a mixture of: awesome, cool, as well as ratty or shoddily constructed.

Can be shortened to Skook to mean the same thing.

John: Yo look at that car with the huge wing!
Ian: That’s fuckin’ skookum.

Skookum by TakumemoChiku September 26, 2022

skookum 

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"

skookum by Frank October 13, 2003

skookum 

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.

skookum by bizscott June 10, 2009

Skookum 

A synonym for good, that only those with a certain level of intellect use in conversation

Steve: wow that burger sucked!
Joe: yeah man that burger was not skookum

Skookum by Florch my porch April 23, 2017