Definition

BC slang from Chinook Jargon meaning strong, excellent, impressive, solid, or reliable; also used as an intensifier meaning “very/first-rate.”

Examples

"That old Land Cruiser is skookum—never leaves us stranded up the logging roads. "

"Bundle up; it’s skookum cold on the Coquihalla this morning. "

"You did a skookum job on that cedar deck—looks first-rate."