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stink
[ stingk ]
verb (used without object)
- to emit a strong offensive smell.
Synonyms:
- to be offensive to honesty or propriety; to be in extremely bad repute or disfavor.
- Informal. to be disgustingly inferior:
That book stinks.
- Slang. to have a large quantity of something (usually followed by of or with ):
They stink of money. She stinks with jewelry.
verb (used with object)
- to cause to stink or be otherwise offensive (often followed by up ):
an amateurish performance that really stank up the stage.
noun
- a strong offensive smell; stench.
- Informal. an unpleasant fuss; scandal:
There was a big stink about his accepting a bribe.
- stinks, (used with a singular verb) British Slang. chemistry as a course of study.
verb phrase
- to repel or drive out by means of a highly offensive smell.
stink
/ ɪŋ /
noun
- a strong foul smell; stench
- slang.a great deal of trouble (esp in the phrase to make or raise a stink )
- like stinkintensely; furiously
verb
- to emit a foul smell
- slang.to be thoroughly bad or abhorrent
this town stinks
- informal.to have a very bad reputation
his name stinks
- to be of poor quality
- slang.foll byof or with to have or appear to have an excessive amount (of money)
- informal.trusually foll byup to cause to stink
Other Word Forms
- dzܳȴپ verb (used with object) outstank or, often, outstunk outstunk outstinking
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of stink1
Idioms and Phrases
In addition to the idiom beginning with stink , also see big stink ; make a stink ; smell (stink) up .Example Sentences
It is a match made in modern college football hell, a renowned learning institution cast as beggars, a misguided football player portrayed as the chooser, and, yeah, the whole thing stinks to Rocky Top.
British number four Harriet Dart caused a stink by telling her French opponent to put on deodorant at the Rouen Open.
Sometimes, you just don’t want to walk around with its stink.
There he gets the serious stink eye from Clarence Thomas and sparks up a fragrant bowl of weed.
The hitting, meanwhile, really stinks, this historic offense began the game ranking eighth in baseball in strikeouts and OPS while drawing only the 17th-most walks.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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