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- Dictionarystink/stɪŋk/
verb
- 1. have a strong unpleasant smell: "the place stank like a sewer" Similar
- 2. be very unpleasant, contemptible, or scandalous: informal "he thinks the values of our society stink" Similar
noun
- 1. a strong unpleasant smell; a stench: "the stink of the place hit me as I went in" Similar
- 2. a row or fuss: informal "a silly move now would kick up a stink we couldn't handle" Similar
adjective
- 1. having a strong unpleasant smell: "‘What you doing with that stink dog?’"
- 2. contemptible; corrupt: "the whole episode is so stink that the principal asked for an immediate transfer of the teacher"
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The meaning of STINK is to emit a strong offensive odor. How to use stink in a sentence.
STINK definition: 1. to smell very unpleasant: 2. to be extremely bad or unpleasant: 3. a strong unpleasant smell: . Learn more.
If you say that something stinks, you mean that you disapprove of it because it involves ideas, feelings, or practices that you do not like. I think their methods stink. [VERB] The whole thing stinks of political corruption. [VERB + of]
STINK meaning: 1. to smell very unpleasant: 2. to be extremely bad or unpleasant: 3. a strong unpleasant smell: . Learn more.
When things stink, they smell terrible. If you throw food scraps in your kitchen trash can, it will eventually start to stink. You can say that something stinks — your dog's breath, or your brother's feet — and you can call the offensive odor itself a stink.
To have something to an extreme or offensive degree: a family that is stinking with money; an act that stinks of jealousy. 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).
There are nine meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun stink. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
Stink definition: To emit a strong foul odor.
To stink means to smell very bad. [...] 2. If you say that something stinks, you mean that you disapprove of it because it involves ideas, feelings, or practices that you do not like. [informal, disapproval] [...] 3. If someone makes a stink about something they are angry about, they show their anger in order to make people take notice.
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