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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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Idioms & Phrases

raise a stink

see make a stink.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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