stank

S0705500 (stăngk)v.A past tense of stink.

stank

(stæŋk) vb a past tense of stink

stank

(stæŋk) n1. (Civil Engineering) a small cofferdam, esp one of timber made watertight with clay2. (Physical Geography) dialect Scot and Northern English a pond or poolvb (Civil Engineering) (tr) to make (a stream, cofferdam, etc) watertight, esp with clay[C13: from Old French estanc, probably from estancher to stanch]

stank

(stæŋk) n1. (Civil Engineering) a drain, as in a roadway2. (Building) a draining board adjacent to a sink unit[special use of stank² (in the sense: pool, pond)]

stink

(stɪŋk)

v. stank, often, stunk; stunk; stink•ing; v.i. 1. to emit a strong offensive smell. 2. to be offensive to propriety. 3. Informal. to be disgustingly inferior. 4. Slang. to have a large quantity of something (usu. fol. by of or with). v.t. 5. to cause to stink or be otherwise offensive (often fol. by up). n. 6. a strong offensive smell; stench. 7. Informal. an unpleasant fuss; scandal. [before 900; Old English stincan, c. Middle Dutch, Middle Low German stinken, Old High German stinchan; compare stench]

stank

Past participle: stanked
Gerund: stanking

Imperative
stank
stank

Present
I stank
you stank
he/she/it stanks
we stank
you stank
they stank

Preterite
I stanked
you stanked
he/she/it stanked
we stanked
you stanked
they stanked

Present Continuous
I am stanking
you are stanking
he/she/it is stanking
we are stanking
you are stanking
they are stanking

Present Perfect
I have stanked
you have stanked
he/she/it has stanked
we have stanked
you have stanked
they have stanked

Past Continuous
I was stanking
you were stanking
he/she/it was stanking
we were stanking
you were stanking
they were stanking

Past Perfect
I had stanked
you had stanked
he/she/it had stanked
we had stanked
you had stanked
they had stanked

Future
I will stank
you will stank
he/she/it will stank
we will stank
you will stank
they will stank

Future Perfect
I will have stanked
you will have stanked
he/she/it will have stanked
we will have stanked
you will have stanked
they will have stanked

Future Continuous
I will be stanking
you will be stanking
he/she/it will be stanking
we will be stanking
you will be stanking
they will be stanking

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been stanking
you have been stanking
he/she/it has been stanking
we have been stanking
you have been stanking
they have been stanking

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been stanking
you will have been stanking
he/she/it will have been stanking
we will have been stanking
you will have been stanking
they will have been stanking

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been stanking
you had been stanking
he/she/it had been stanking
we had been stanking
you had been stanking
they had been stanking

Conditional
I would stank
you would stank
he/she/it would stank
we would stank
you would stank
they would stank

Past Conditional
I would have stanked
you would have stanked
he/she/it would have stanked
we would have stanked
you would have stanked
they would have stanked

Translations

stank

stink up

1. To fill something or some place with a foul odor. A noun or pronoun can be used between "stink" and "up." Tom, your tuna sandwich is stinking up the office! Please go eat it somewhere else! Please don't stink the house up with your smoking—if you have to do it, go outside.2. To give a very poor or poorly received performance in some location. A noun or pronoun can be used between "stink" and "up." Hopefully this awful play won't be stinking up theaters for much longer. I've never seen them play so poorly. They're really stinking the place up tonight.See also: stink, up

stink to high heaven

1. To have a very strong unpleasant scent. Can you take this trash out? It stinks to high heaven. Ugh, something in this refrigerator stinks to high heaven!2. To be or seem extremely disreputable, suspicious, or corrupt. This deal between the company and the mayor's office stinks to high heaven, if you ask me. This town stank to high heaven before I came in and brought some law and order to it.See also: heaven, high, stink

stink on ice

To be exceptionally rotten, repulsive, or poor. From the idea of meat stinking with rot even when kept cold on ice. This is a travesty for everyone involved. The whole situation just stinks on ice. I knew the plan stank on ice the moment the boss began describing it.See also: ice, on, stink

stink with (something)

1. To smell very potently of something unpleasant. My hands always stink with garlic after I have to chop it up. He came down for his school dance stinking with aftershave. The house stinks with wet dog—open the window!2. To have an excessive or obscene amount of something; to be rife with something. Their family positively stinks with money. This city has been stinking with corruption for years.See also: stink

stink of (something)

1. To smell very potently of something unpleasant. My hands always stink of garlic after I have to chop it up. He came down for his prom stinking of his dad's aftershave. The house stinks of wet dog—open the window!2. To have a lot of or give the strong impression of something particularly unpleasant, offensive, or insidious. The deal struck by the government and the corporate lobbying groups stinks of corruption. The verdict of the trial stinks of prejudice. Their family positively stinks of money.See also: of, stink

stink

1. noun, slang A great fuss or ruckus; a lot of trouble. Used especially in the phrase "make/raise a stink" or similar variations. My mom raised a stink when the store refused to accept her return without a receipt. One of the customers is making a stink about the service charge we included on his bill.2. noun, slang Something scandalous, controversial, or especially unpleasant. The stink of his association with the corrupt company continues to follow him to this day. He knew it was just a matter of time before the stink surrounding him caught the attention of the authorities.3. verb, slang To be especially bad, abhorrent, or inferior in quality. Your plan stinks, Tom! There's no way it would work! The timing of this audit just really stinks. The first film was an overlooked classic, but the two sequels both stink.4. verb, slang To be or seem extremely disreputable, suspicious, or corrupt. This deal between the company and the mayor's office stinks, if you ask me. I'd be willing to bet that someone's pocket is being lined. This city stank to high heaven before I came in and brought some law and order to it.

stink on ice

Sl. to be really rotten. (so rotten as to reek even when frozen.) This show stinks on ice. The whole idea stank on ice.See also: ice, on, stink

stink something up

to make something or some place smell very bad. Your cooking really stunk the place up! The rotten eggs will stink up the whole house.See also: stink, up

stink to high heaven

and smell to high heavenFig. to smell very bad. What happened? This place stinks to high heaven. This meat smells to high heaven. Throw it away!See also: heaven, high, stink

stink to high heaven

Also, smell to high heaven. Be of very poor quality; also, be suspect or in bad repute. For example, This plan of yours stinks to high heaven, or His financial schemes smell to high heaven; I'm sure they're dishonest. This expression alludes to something so rank that it can be smelled from a great distance. [c. 1600] See also: heaven, high, stink

stink (or smell) to high heaven

have a very strong and unpleasant odour.See also: heaven, high, stink

stink up

v.1. To cause something to have a strong foul odor: The garbage is stinking up the kitchen. Keep your shoes on so you don't stink the car up with your smelly feet!2. To perform very poorly in some place: The movie is stinking up theaters across the US. That band really stunk the joint up last night.See also: stink, up

stink

1. in. to be repellent; to be suspicious and poorly planned. (Of schemes and plots.) This whole setup stinks. 2. n. a commotion. (see also raise a stink (about someone/something).) The stink you made about money has done no good at all. You’re fired.

stink on ice

in. to be really rotten, bad, poorly done, or repellent. (So rotten as to reek even when frozen.) This show stinks on ice. See also: ice, on, stink