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stink
[stingk]
,verb, stank or, often, stunk; stunk; stink⋅ing; noun –verb (used without object)
| 1. | to emit a strong offensive smell. |
| 2. | to be offensive to honesty or propriety; to be in extremely bad repute or disfavor. |
| 3. | Informal. to be disgustingly inferior: That book stinks. |
| 4. | Slang. to have a large quantity of something (usually fol. by of or with): They stink of money. She stinks with jewelry. |
–verb (used with object)
| 5. | to cause to stink or be otherwise offensive (often fol. by up): an amateurish performance that really stank up the stage. |
–noun
—Verb phrase| 6. | a strong offensive smell; stench. |
| 7. | Informal. an unpleasant fuss; scandal: There was a big stink about his accepting a bribe. |
| 8. | stinks, (used with a singular verb ) British Slang. chemistry as a course of study. |
| 9. | stink out, to repel or drive out by means of a highly offensive smell. |
Origin:
bef. 900; (v.) ME stinken, OE stincan; (n.) ME, deriv. of the v.; c. G stinken. (v.); cf. stench
bef. 900; (v.) ME stinken, OE stincan; (n.) ME, deriv. of the v.; c. G stinken. (v.); cf. stench

Synonyms:
1. reek.
1. reek.
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stink (stĭngk) v. stank (stāngk) or stunk (stŭngk), stunk, stink·ing, stinks v. intr.
To cause to stink: garbage that stinks up the yard. n.
[Middle English stinken, from Old English stincan, to emit a smell.] stink'y adj. |
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Stink
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
Stink\, v. t. To cause to stink; to affect by a stink.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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : Stink
Spanish:
apestar,
German:
stinken,
Japanese:
悪臭を放つ
stink
O.E. stincan "emit a smell of any kind" (class III strong verb; past tense stonc), from W.Gmc. *stenkwanan (cf. O.S. stincan, O.H.G. stinkan, Du. stinken), from the root of stench. O.E. swote stincan "to smell sweet," but offensive sense began O.E. and was primary by c.1250; smell now tends the same way. Fig. meaning "be offensive" is from 1225; meaning "be inept" is recorded from 1924. The noun is attested from c.1300; sense of "extensive fuss" first recorded 1812. Stinking in ref. to "drunk" first attested 1887; stinking rich dates from 1956. To stink to high heaven first recorded 1963. Stinker as a term of abuse (often banteringly) is attested from 1607; earlier stinkard (c.1600).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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stink
In addition to the idiom beginning with stink, also see big stink; make a stink; smell (stink) up.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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