Definition of stink Stink

/stɪˈŋk/ - [stingk] - stink

We found 15 definitions of stink from 6 different sources.

What does stink mean?

Verb stinks, stinking, stunk
stink - be extremely bad in quality or in one's performance; "This term paper stinks!"
		be spend or use time; "I may be an hour"
stink - smell badly and offensively; "The building reeks of smoke"
		reek
		smell become aware of not through the senses but instinctively; "I sense his hostility"; "i smell trouble"; "smell out corruption"
		smell up, stink out, stink up cause to smell bad; fill with a bad smell

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stink (v. i.)
To emit a strong, offensive smell; to send out a disgusting odor.
stink (v. t.)
To cause to stink; to affect by a stink.
stink (n.)
A strong, offensive smell; a disgusting odor; a stench.

stink
stingk, v.i. to give out a strong, offensive smell: to have a bad reputation:—pa.t. stank; pa.p. stunk.—n. a disagreeable smell.—ns. Stink′ard, one who stinks: a base fellow: the stinking badger of Java; Stink′-ball, -pot, a ball or jar filled with a stinking, combustible mixture, used in boarding an enemy's vessel; Stink′er, one who, or that which, stinks; Stink′ing.—adv. Stink′ingly, in a stinking manner: with an offensive smell.—ns. Stink′stone, a variety of limestone remarkable for the fetid urinous odour which it emits when rubbed; Stink′-trap, a contrivance to prevent effluvia from drains; Stink′-wood, the wood of a Cape tree, remarkable for its strong offensive smell, durable, taking an excellent polish resembling walnut. [A.S. stincan.]

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