What does stink mean?
Definitions for stink
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Princeton's WordNet
malodor, malodour, stench, stink, reek, fetor, foetor, mephitisverb
a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant
stinkverb
be extremely bad in quality or in one's performance
"This term paper stinks!"
reek, stinkverb
smell badly and offensively
"The building reeks of smoke"
Wiktionary
stinknoun
A strong bad smell.
stinknoun
A complaint or objection.
If you don't make a stink about the problem, nothing will be done.
stinknoun
chemistry
stinknoun
A failure or unfortunate event.
The concert was stink.
stinkverb
To have a strong bad smell.
stinkverb
To be greatly inferior; to perform badly.
That movie stinks. I didn't even stay for the end.
stinkverb
To give an impression of dishonesty or untruth.
Something stinks about the politician's excuses.
Etymology: From stincan.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Stinknoun
Offensive smell.
Etymology: from the verb.
Those stinks which the nostrils straight abhor are not most pernicious, but such airs as have some similitude with man’s body, and so betray the spirits. Francis Bacon, Natural History.
They share a sin; and such proportions fall,
That, like a stink, ’tis nothing to them all. Dryden.By what criterion do ye eat, d’ye think?
If this is priz’d for sweetness, that for stink. Alexander Pope.To STINKverb
Preterite I stunk or stank. To emit an offensive smell, commonly a smell of putrefaction.
Etymology: stinian , Saxon; stincken, Dutch.
John, it will be stinking law for his breath. William Shakespeare.
When the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, they sent and hired Syrians. 2 Sam. x. 6.
What a fool art thou, to leave thy mother for a nasty stinking goat? Roger L'Estrange.
Most of smells want names; sweet and stinking serve our turn for these ideas, which is little more than to call them pleasing and displeasing. John Locke.
Chloris, this costly way to stink give o’er,
’Tis throwing sweet into a common shore;
Not all Arabia would sufficient be,
Thou smell’st not of thy sweets, they stink of thee. George Granville.
ChatGPT
stink
Stink is a highly unpleasant, repulsive, or offensive smell or odor. It can also be used colloquially to describe a situation, person or object that is extremely disliked or of poor quality.
Webster Dictionary
Stinkverb
to emit a strong, offensive smell; to send out a disgusting odor
Stinkverb
to cause to stink; to affect by a stink
Stinknoun
a strong, offensive smell; a disgusting odor; a stench
Etymology: [AS. stinkan to have a smell (whether good or bad); akin to OHG. stinchan, G. & D. stinken to stink; of uncertain origin; cf. Icel. stkkva to leap, to spring, Goth. stigqan to push, strike, or Gr. rancid. Cf. Stench.]
Wikidata
Stink
The Replacements Stink is an EP by the band The Replacements, recorded at Blackberry Way, Minneapolis, Minnesota, on March 13, 1982, and released on June 24, 1982. Before the first track, "Kids Don't Follow", audio can be heard of the Minneapolis police breaking up a Replacements gig. It is possible by listening carefully to hear one of the audience members curse the police. The audience member in question is Dave Pirner of Soul Asylum. The EP was remastered and reissued by Rhino Entertainment on April 22, 2008, with four additional tracks. The song "Kids Don't Follow" was made available as Rock Band 2 DLC on May 19, 2009.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
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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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of stink in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of stink in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of stink in a Sentence
Opinions are like assholes everyone’s got one, but some stink worse than others!
I think a lot of people are going to have a stink about it, but I think a lot of people are going to be really happy that they were in a environment with like-minded people who feel like they're making all the precautions they can do to stay safe, we all just need to stick tighter. There's no other way. We're not getting out of it any other way.
The military mind is indeed a menace. Old-fashioned futurity that sees only men fighting and dying in smoke and fire; hears nothing more civilized than a cannonade; scents nothing but the stink of battle-wounds and blood.
6. The smelly kid Some parents feel the need to use the entire plane as a diaper. Gross, but true : A child reportedly pooping on a plane seat on a Delta flight last year( the parents covered the seat with newspapers — how thoughtful). And it’s not unusual for babies to drop a( stink) bomb or two during the flight. ( If this emotional support pig can get kicked off a plane for crapping in the aisle, should little humans, too ?) 7. The chatty kid Chatty Cathy is generally one of the most annoying passengers on a flight but what if Cathy is six years old ? While adorable and curious, she’s probably the last person you want conversation with, because of course she continues to ask the same question in different ways. Or maybe she’s having a loud conversation with her doll. In fact, several years ago, a kid actually got kicked off a plane for being too chatty. According to the Associated Press, Kate Penland’s then 19-month-old son, Garren, started saying ‘ Bye, bye plane, ’ before takeoff — and would n’t stop. When the other passengers started complaining, Kate Penland got mad and eventually Kate Penland and Kate Penland son were asked to leave. That seems a little extreme. Maybe just give the kid a pack of pretzels( peanuts are too risky) and offer him a window seat. 8. The ultimate nightmare kid It’s fair to say no one wants to sit next to a kid who kicks your seat, complains, talks up a storm and manages to poop themselves all on one flight. But as they say in airline business, the sky’s the limit. Passengers who survive the ultimate nightmare child passenger deserve a medal. Actor Liam Hemsworth recently admitted on The Ellen DeGeneres Show that Actor Liam Hemsworth own three kids were those kids on a recent flight from London to Australia( a 30-hour trip). The Ellen DeGeneres Show was kind of like the trip from hell, they were all sick and literally took turns to scream. One would kinda do it and then look over and be like, ‘ I ’m done, you want a turn ? ’ ' Yep, Wahhhh ! ’ The whole cabin, yeah, wanted to kick us off … I don’t know what people expect though — you’re gon na put them in the suitcase or something ?
It’s really a shame – this whole thing does stink, democrats and Republicans are like Pepsi and Coke. They listen to corporations and they don’t listen to anti-poverty activists.
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- نتنArabic
- смярдзе́цьBelarusian
- смърдя́Bulgarian
- páchnout, smrdět, smradCzech
- riechen, stinken, GestankGerman
- tufo, apestar, hederSpanish
- بد بوPersian
- haju, löyhkä, haistaFinnish
- puanteur, empester, tapage, puerFrench
- बदबूHindi
- bűzlik, bűzHungarian
- reclamo, fetore, puzza, protesta, puzzare, fare schifoItalian
- [[悪臭]]を[[放つ]], 悪臭, 臭う, 臭い, くだらないJapanese
- [[악취]]를 [[풍기다]]Korean
- paedorLatin
- smirdėtiLithuanian
- smirdētLatvian
- hīreareaMāori
- смрдиMacedonian
- နံBurmese
- stinken, stankDutch
- śmierdziećPolish
- fedor, tresandar, federPortuguese
- asnay, hunyayQuechua
- puțiRomanian
- воня́ть, [[ду́рно]] [[па́хнуть]], смерде́ть, воньRussian
- смрдити, smrditiSerbo-Croatian
- páchnuť, smrdieťSlovak
- smrdetiSlovene
- vara urusel, stinka, stankSwedish
- nukaSwahili
- దుర్గంధముTelugu
- сморід, смерді́тиUkrainian
- thối, bay mùi thối, bốc mùi thốiVietnamese
- lusmelön, lusmelVolapük
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