verb (used without object),stank[stangk] /stæŋk/ or, often, stunk[stuhngk]; /stʌŋk/; stunk;stink·ing.
to emit a strong offensive smell.
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),stank[stangk] /stæŋk/ or, often, stunk[stuhngk]; /stʌŋk/; stunk;stink·ing.
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)BritishSlang. chemistry as a course of study.
Verb Phrases
stink out,to repel or drive out by means of a highly offensive smell.
Origin of stink
First recorded before 900; (verb) Middle English stinken, Old English stincan; (noun) Middle English, derivative of the verb; cognate with German stinken (verb); cf. stench
SYNONYMS FOR stink
1 reek.
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OTHER WORDS FROM stink
outstink,verb (used with object),out·stank or, often, out·stunk;out·stunk;out·stink·ing.