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stink

  [stingk] ,verb, stank or, often, stunk; stunk; stink⋅ing; noun
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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 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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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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.

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