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  1. stank(Adjective)

    Foul-smelling, stinking, unclean.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Stank(adj)

    weak; worn out

    Etymology: [OF. estang, F. tang, from L. stagnum a pool. Cf. Stagnate, Tank a cistern.]

  2. Stank(verb)

    to sigh

    Etymology: [OF. estang, F. tang, from L. stagnum a pool. Cf. Stagnate, Tank a cistern.]

  3. Stank

    stunk

    Etymology: [OF. estang, F. tang, from L. stagnum a pool. Cf. Stagnate, Tank a cistern.]

  4. Stank(noun)

    water retained by an embankment; a pool water

    Etymology: [OF. estang, F. tang, from L. stagnum a pool. Cf. Stagnate, Tank a cistern.]

  5. Stank(noun)

    a dam or mound to stop water

    Etymology: [OF. estang, F. tang, from L. stagnum a pool. Cf. Stagnate, Tank a cistern.]

  6. Stank

    of Stink

    Etymology: [OF. estang, F. tang, from L. stagnum a pool. Cf. Stagnate, Tank a cistern.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Stank

    stangk, pa.t. of stink.

  2. Stank

    stangk, n. (Scot.) a ditch, a pool, a tank. [O. Fr. estang, a pond—L. stagnum, a stagnant pool.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. stank

    An old statute term for staunch (which see).

Anagrams for stank »

  1. Tanks

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of stank in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of stank in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of stank in a Sentence

  1. Judith Flanders:

    The names of the pubs stank. The names of the pubs were dreadful, (They) sounded like cheap 1990s wine bars. We really worked on the names of the pubs (from a published list of names from the 1850s).

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