Stink (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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verb (used without object), stank [stangk] /stæŋk/ or, often, stunk [stuhngk]; /stʌŋk/; stunk; stink·ing.
  1. to emit a strong offensive smell.
  2. to be offensive to honesty or propriety; to be in extremely bad repute or disfavor.
  3. to be disgustingly inferior: That book stinks.
  4. to have a large quantity of something (usually followed by of or with): They stink of money. She stinks with jewelry.
verb (used with object), stank [stangk] /stæŋk/ or, often, stunk [stuhngk]; /stʌŋk/; stunk; stink·ing.
  1. to cause to stink or be otherwise offensive (often followed by up): an amateurish performance that really stank up the stage.
noun
  1. a strong offensive smell; stench.
  2. an unpleasant fuss; scandal: There was a big stink about his accepting a bribe.
  3. chemistry as a course of study.
Verb Phrases
  1. to repel or drive out by means of a highly offensive smell.
noun
  1. a strong foul smell; stench
  2. a great deal of trouble (esp in the phrase to make or raise a stink)
  3. intensely; furiously
verb stinks, stinking, stank, stunk or stunk (mainly intr)
  1. to emit a foul smell
  2. to be thoroughly bad or abhorrent
  3. to have a very bad reputation
  4. to be of poor quality
  5. to have or appear to have an excessive amount (of money)
  6. to cause to stink
Stink (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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