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stunk

  [stuhngk]
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–verb
a pt. and pp. of stink.

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
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.
—Verb phrase
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

Synonyms:
1. reek.
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stink   (stĭngk)   
v.   stank (stāngk) or stunk (stŭngk), stunk, stink·ing, stinks

v.   intr.

  1. To emit a strong foul odor.

    1. To be highly offensive or abhorrent.

    2. To be in extremely bad repute.

    3. To be of an extremely low or bad quality: This job stinks.

    4. To have the appearance of dishonesty or corruption: Something about his testimony stinks.

  3. Slang To have something to an extreme or offensive degree: a family that stinks with money; a deed that stinks of treachery.

  4. Slang

    1. To be of an extremely low or bad quality: This job stinks.

    2. To have the appearance of dishonesty or corruption: Something about his testimony stinks.

v.   tr.
To cause to stink: garbage that stinks up the yard.
n.  

  1. A strong offensive odor; a stench. See Synonyms at stench.

  2. Slang A scandal or controversy: "the stink over sexual politics in the military" (David Nyhan).


[Middle English stinken, from Old English stincan, to emit a smell.]
stink'y adj.
stunk   (stŭngk)   
v.  A past tense and the past participle of stink.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
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 (so/sth) ).) : The stink you made about money has done no good at all. You're fired.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

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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