Stink

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stink \Stink\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Stunk}, {Stank}, p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Stinking}.] [AS. stinkan to have a smell (whether
     good or bad); akin to OHG. stinchan, G. & D. stinken to
     stink; of uncertain origin; cf. Icel. st["o]kkva to leap, to
     spring, Goth. stigqan to push, strike, or Gr. ? rancid. Cf.
     {Stench}.]


     To emit a strong, offensive smell; to send out a disgusting
     odor.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stink \Stink\, v. t.
     To cause to stink; to affect by a stink.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stink \Stink\, n. [AS. stinc.]
     A strong, offensive smell; a disgusting odor; a stench.
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     {Fire stink}. See under {Fire}.
  
     {Stink-fire lance}. See under {Lance}.
  
     {Stink rat} (Zool.), the musk turtle. [Local, U.S.]
  
     {Stink shad} (Zool.), the gizzard shad. [Local, U.S.]
  
     {Stink trap}, a stench trap. See under {Stench}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  stink
       n : a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant [syn: {malodor},
            {malodour}, {stench}, {reek}, {fetor}, {foetor}, {mephitis}]
       v 1: be extremely bad in quality or in one's performance; "This
            term paper stinks!"
       2: smell badly and offensively; "The building reeks of smoke"
          [syn: {reek}]
       [also: {stunk}, {stank}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  39 Moby Thesaurus words for "stink":
     BO, bad breath, bad smell, be aromatic, be redolent of, body odor,
     breathe, emit a smell, exhale, fetidity, fetidness, fetor,
     foul breath, foul odor, frowst, funk, graveolence, halitosis,
     malodor, mephitis, miasma, nidor, noxious stench,
     offend the nostrils, offensive odor, reek, reeking, rotten smell,
     smell, smell bad, smell of, smell to heaven, smell up, stench,
     stench of decay, stink out, stink up, suck, yield an odor