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Stink

//stɪŋk// adj, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Bad; inferior; worthless. New-Zealand, slang

    "The concert was stink. / That was a stink concert."

  2. 2
    Bad-smelling, stinky. Caribbean, Guyana, Jamaica

    "2013, Stabroek News, 19 February 2013, cited by Deborah Jan Osman Backer in a speech delivered in the National Assembly during the Budget Debate, 2013, Everyone is up in arms but it smells stink because it smells of racism…"

Noun
  1. 1
    A strong bad smell. countable, uncountable

    "“I’m thankful for this beautiful morning!” He points toward the sky. “See that sunrise? Smell that air—” / “That’s stink from the rendering plant.”"

  2. 2
    a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant wordnet
  3. 3
    A complaint or objection. countable, informal, uncountable

    "If you don't make a stink about the problem, nothing will be done."

Verb
  1. 1
    To have a strong bad smell. intransitive
  2. 2
    smell badly and offensively wordnet
  3. 3
    To be greatly inferior; to perform badly. informal, intransitive, stative

    "That movie stinks. I didn't even stay for the end."

  4. 4
    be inadequate or objectionable wordnet
  5. 5
    To give an impression of dishonesty, untruth, or sin. intransitive

    "Something stinks about the politician's excuses."

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  1. 6
    To cause to stink; to affect by a stink. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English stinken, from Old English stincan, from Proto-Germanic *stinkwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *stengʷ-, *stegʷ- (“to push, thrust, strike”). Cognate with West Frisian stjonke (“to stink”), Dutch stinken (“to stink”), German stinken (“to stink”), Danish stinke (“to stink”), Swedish stinka (“to stink”), Icelandic stökkva (“to spring, leap, jump”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English stinken, from Old English stincan, from Proto-Germanic *stinkwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *stengʷ-, *stegʷ- (“to push, thrust, strike”). Cognate with West Frisian stjonke (“to stink”), Dutch stinken (“to stink”), German stinken (“to stink”), Danish stinke (“to stink”), Swedish stinka (“to stink”), Icelandic stökkva (“to spring, leap, jump”).

Etymology 3

From Middle English stinken, from Old English stincan, from Proto-Germanic *stinkwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *stengʷ-, *stegʷ- (“to push, thrust, strike”). Cognate with West Frisian stjonke (“to stink”), Dutch stinken (“to stink”), German stinken (“to stink”), Danish stinke (“to stink”), Swedish stinka (“to stink”), Icelandic stökkva (“to spring, leap, jump”).

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