About The Word Stink
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Stink
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What's The Definition Of Stink?
[n] a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant
[v] smell to heaven [v] be extremely bad in quality or in one's performance; "This term paper stinks!" Synonyms | Synonyms for Stink: fetor | foetor | malodor | malodour | reek | reek | stench Related Terms | Find terms related to Stink: See Also | be | niff | odor | odour | olfactory perception | olfactory sensation | pong | smell | smell | smell up | stink out | stink up Stink In Webster's Dictionary \Stink\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Stunk}, {Stank}, p. pr. &
vb. n. {Stinking}.] [AS. stinkan to have a smell (whether
good or bad); akin to OHG. stinchan, G. & D. stinken to
stink; of uncertain origin; cf. Icel. st["o]kkva to leap, to
spring, Goth. stigqan to push, strike, or Gr. ? rancid. Cf.
{Stench}.]
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. [AS. stinc.] A strong, offensive smell; a disgusting odor; a stench. {Fire stink}. See under {Fire}. {Stink-fire lance}. See under {Lance}. {Stink rat} (Zo["o]l.), the musk turtle. [Local, U.S.] {Stink shad} (Zo["o]l.), the gizzard shad. [Local, U.S.] {Stink trap}, a stench trap. See under {Stench}. |
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