Stink

  • 41stink — [OE] Stink comes from a prehistoric West Germanic *stingkwan, which also produced German and Dutch stinken. Another form of the base, *stengkw , gave English stench [OE]. Its ancestral meaning is probably simply ‘smell’, but it early on became… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 42stink — np A scandal, uproar. The citizens made a big stink about the new nuclear power station. 1850s …

    Historical dictionary of American slang

  • 43stink — v. n. 2422 B. v. a. == make to stink. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176 …

    Oldest English Words

  • 44stink of — be highly suggestive of (something disapproved of). → stink …

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  • 45stink — 1. verb his clothes stank of sweat Syn: reek, smell 2. noun the stink of sweat Syn: stench, reek; Brit.; informal pong; N.Amer.; informal funk …

    Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • 46stink — [stɪŋk] (past tense stank [stæŋk] stunk; [stʌŋk] ; past participle stunk) verb [I] informal I 1) to smell very unpleasant 2) to be bad or dishonest II noun [singular] informal stink [stɪŋk] 1) a very strong unpleasant smell 2) a situation in… …

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  • 47stink — tvaikas statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Ore tvyrantis nemalonus kvapas, kurį sukelia cheminiai procesai, ypač puvimas. atitikmenys: angl. coal gas; fumes; stench; stink vok. Dunst, m; Schwaden, m rus. газ с неприятным… …

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  • 48stink — [OE] Stink comes from a prehistoric West Germanic *stingkwan, which also produced German and Dutch stinken. Another form of the base, *stengkw , gave English stench [OE]. Its ancestral meaning is probably simply ‘smell’, but it early on became… …

    Word origins

  • 49Stink-Täubling — (Russula foetens) Systematik Klasse: Ständerpilze (Basidiomycetes) Unterklasse …

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  • 50Stink badger — Stink badgers[1] M. javanensis Sci …

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