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stink (stiŋk)

intransitive verb stank or stunk, stunk, stinking stink′·ing

  1. to give off a strong, unpleasant smell
  2. to be very offensive; be hateful or abhorrent
  3. Slang to be of low standard or quality; be no good
  4. Slang to have much or an excess: with of or with

Etymology: ME stinken < OE stincan, akin to Ger stinken

noun

  1. a strong, unpleasant smell; stench
  2. Slang a strong public reaction, as one of outrage, censure, protest, etc.

Related Forms:

stink Idioms

stink out

to drive or force out by a strong, unpleasant smell

stink up

to cause to stink

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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