stink

stink
/stingk/, v., stank or, often, stunk; stunk; stinking; n.
v.i.
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.
v.t.
5. to cause to stink or be otherwise offensive (often fol. by up): an amateurish performance that really stank up the stage.
6. stink out, to repel or drive out by means of a highly offensive smell.
n.
7. a strong offensive smell; stench.
8. Informal. an unpleasant fuss; scandal: There was a big stink about his accepting a bribe.
9. stinks, (used with a sing. v.) Brit. Slang. chemistry as a course of study.
[bef. 900; (v.) ME stinken, OE stincan; (n.) ME, deriv. of the v.; c. G stinken. (v.); cf. STENCH]
Syn. 1. reek.

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