Meaning of STINK
| Pronunciation: | | stingk
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- [n] a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant
- [v] smell to heaven
- [v] be extremely bad in quality or in one's performance; "This term paper stinks!"
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| | Synonyms: | | fetor, foetor, malodor, malodour, reek, reek, stench |
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| | See Also: | | be, niff, odor, odour, olfactory perception, olfactory sensation, pong, smell, smell, smell up, stink out, stink up | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Stink\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Stunk}, {Stank}, p. pr. &
vb. n. {Stinking}.] [AS. stinkan to have a smell (whether
good or bad); akin to OHG. stinchan, G. & D. stinken to
stink; of uncertain origin; cf. Icel. st["o]kkva to leap, to
spring, Goth. stigqan to push, strike, or Gr. ? rancid. Cf.
{Stench}.]
To emit a strong, offensive smell; to send out a disgusting
odor.
\Stink\, v. t.
To cause to stink; to affect by a stink.
\Stink\, n. [AS. stinc.]
A strong, offensive smell; a disgusting odor; a stench.
{Fire stink}. See under {Fire}.
{Stink-fire lance}. See under {Lance}.
{Stink rat} (Zo["o]l.), the musk turtle. [Local, U.S.]
{Stink shad} (Zo["o]l.), the gizzard shad. [Local, U.S.]
{Stink trap}, a stench trap. See under {Stench}.
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