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stink

Origin

verb (used without object)

to emit a strong offensive smell.

to be offensive to honesty or propriety; to be in extremely bad repute or disfavor.

Informal. to be disgustingly inferior: That book stinks.

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)

to cause to stink or be otherwise offensive (often followed by up): an amateurish performance that really stank up the stage.

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noun

a strong offensive smell; stench.

Informal. an unpleasant fuss; scandal: There was a big stink about his accepting a bribe.

stinks, (used with a singular verb) British Slang. chemistry as a course of study.

Verb phrase

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

Related forms

out·stink, verb (used with object), -stank or, often, -stunk; -stunk; -stink·ing.

Synonyms
1. reek.

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World English Dictionary

stink (stɪŋk)

—n
1.	a strong foul smell; stench
2.	slang a great deal of trouble (esp in the phrase to makeorraise a stink)
3.	like stink intensely; furiously

—vb (foll by of or with) (usually foll by up) , stinks, stinking, stank, stunk, stunk
4.	to emit a foul smell
5.	slang to be thoroughly bad or abhorrent: this town stinks
6.	informal to have a very bad reputation: his name stinks
7.	to be of poor quality
8.	slang to have or appear to have an excessive amount (of money)
9.	informal to cause to stink

[Old English stincan; related to Old Saxon stinkan, German stinken, Old Norse stökkva to burst; see stench]

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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.;

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smell 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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Slang Dictionary

stink definition

in.
to be repellent; to be suspicious and poorly planned. (Of schemes and plots.) : This whole setup stinks.
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.

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Idioms & Phrases

stink

In addition to the idiom beginning with stink, also see big stink; make a stink; smell (stink) up.