Stink

  • 11stink... — stink..., Stink... 〈in Zus.; umg.; verstärkend〉 sehr, äußerst, z. B. stinkfaul, stinkreich, Stinklaune …

    Universal-Lexikon

  • 12Stink... — stink..., Stink... 〈in Zus.; umg.; verstärkend〉 sehr, äußerst, z. B. stinkfaul, stinkreich, Stinklaune …

    Universal-Lexikon

  • 13stink — 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 (Cf. stench). O.E. swote stincan to smell sweet, but offensive sense …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 14stink- — [ʃtɪŋk] <adjektivisches Präfixoid> /bes. als Kennzeichnung von Personen/ (emotional verstärkend, oft abwertend): sehr, ganz besonders, in fast extremer Weise: stinkbesoffen; stinkfaul; stinkfein; stinklangweilig; stinknormal; stinkreich;… …

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  • 15stink — The past tense of the verb is stank and the past participle is stunk. Stunk is occasionally used for the past tense, especially in North America and in figurative meanings • (A lot of it stunk of racism weblog, CanE 2004) …

    Modern English usage

  • 16stink|er — «STIHNG kuhr», noun. 1. a thing that stinks, especially: a) any one of several large ill smelling petrels. b) = stinkpot. (Cf. ↑stinkpot) 2. a person who stinks. 3. Informal, Figurative. a low, mean, contemptible person. 4. Slang, Figurative.… …

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  • 17stink|o — «STIHNG koh», adjective. Slang. 1. drunk. 2. unpleasant; offensive …

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  • 18stink — stink1 S3 [stıŋk] v past tense stank [stæŋk] past participle stunk [stʌŋk] [: Old English; Origin: stincan] 1.) to have a strong and very unpleasant smell ▪ It stinks in here! stink of ▪ His breath stank of alcohol. ▪ …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 19stink — 1 past tense stank, past participle stunk verb (I) 1 to have a strong and very unpleasant smell: That paint stinks! (+ of): The place stank of old fish. | it stinks: It stinks of smoke in here. | stink to high heaven (=stink very much) 2 it… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 20stink — stink1 [ stıŋk ] (past tense stank [ stæŋk ] or stunk [ stʌŋk ] ; past participle stunk) verb intransitive INFORMAL 1. ) to smell very unpleasant: This cheese stinks! stink of: The kitchen stank of smoke. it stinks: It really stinks in here. 2. ) …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English