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Stinker

//ˈstɪŋ.kɚ// noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    One who stinks.

    "Skunks are the worst stinkers in the animal kingdom."

  2. 2
    an artifact (especially an automobile) that is defective or unsatisfactory wordnet
  3. 3
    A contemptible person or thing. slang

    ""Stop squallin', you little stinker!" She struck the child with her open hand across the face."

  4. 4
    anything that gives off an offensive odor (especially a cheap cigar) wordnet
  5. 5
    Something difficult (e.g. a given puzzle) or unpleasant (e.g. negative review, nasty letter). slang

    "Today's crossword is a stinker."

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  1. 6
    a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible wordnet
  2. 7
    Something of poor quality. British, slang

    "The barely-released stinker Dark Tide continues Stockwell’s fetishistic pattern, coming alive whenever it’s paddling among the sharks off the South African coast and settling in for a long snooze once it gets back on the boat or reaches dry land."

  3. 8
    Any of several species of large Antarctic petrels which feed on blubber and carrion and have an offensive odour, such as the giant fulmar.
  4. 9
    A chemist. slang
  5. 10
    A hot day. Australia, slang
  6. 11
    A black eye. Australia, slang
  7. 12
    A western grey kangaroo. Australia, informal
  8. 13
    A giant petrel. colloquial

Etymology

From stink + -er.

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