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a simple past tense of stink.
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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 followed 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 followed by up): an amateurish performance that really stank up the stage.
noun
Verb phrase6.
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:
before 900; (v.) Middle English stinken, Old English stincan; (noun) Middle English, derivative of the v.; cognate with German stinken. (v.); compare stench
before 900; (v.) Middle English stinken, Old English stincan; (noun) Middle English, derivative of the v.; cognate with German stinken. (v.); compare stench
Related forms
out·stink, verb (used with object), -stank or, often, -stunk; -stunk; -stink·ing.
Synonyms
1. reek.
1. reek.
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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 mid-13c.;
EXPANDsmell now tends the same way. Figurative meaning "be offensive" is from early 13c.; 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 c.1600; also in the same sense was stinkard (c.1600).
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