Stink

  • 31stink — 1. in. to be repellent. □ This whole setup stinks. □ Your act stinks. Try another agent. 2. n. a commotion. (See also raise a stink (about someone or something).) □ The stink you made about money has done no good at all. You’re fired …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 32stink — 1. verb /stɪŋk/ a) To have a strong bad smell. That movie stinks. I didnt even stay for the end. b) To be greatly inferior; to perform badly. Something stinks about the politicians excuses …

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  • 33stink — Synonyms and related words: BO, bad breath, bad smell, be aromatic, be redolent of, body odor, breathe, emit a smell, exhale, fetidity, fetidness, fetor, foul breath, foul odor, frowst, funk, graveolence, halitosis, malodor, mephitis, miasma,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 34stink — v. (D; intr.) to stink of (the place stinks of rotten fish) * * * [stɪŋk] (D; intr.) to stink of (the place stinks of rotten fish) …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 35stink — [[t]stɪŋk[/t]] v. stank, often, stunk; stunk; stink•ing; 1) to emit a strong offensive smell 2) to be offensive to propriety 3) inf Informal. to be disgustingly inferior 4) sts Slang. to have a large quantity of something (usu. fol. by of or… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 36stink up — transitive verb Date: 1941 to cause to stink or be filled with a stench …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 37stink — I. intransitive verb (stank or stunk; stunk; stinking) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English stincan; akin to Old High German stinkan to emit a smell Date: before 12th century 1. to emit a strong offensive odor < stank of urine > 2. to be&#8230; …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 38stink — See smell. See smell, stink, scent …

    Dictionary of problem words and expressions

  • 39Stink — 1. be very inferior in quality; 2. commotion; fuss; scandal: kick up a stink …

    Dictionary of Australian slang

  • 40stink — Australian Slang 1. be very inferior in quality; 2. commotion; fuss; scandal: kick up a stink …

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