Definitions for: Stink

[n] a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant
[v] smell to heaven
[v] be extremely bad in quality or in one's performance; "This term paper stinks!"

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Stink, v. t.
To cause to stink; to affect by a stink.

Stink, n. [AS. stinc.]
A strong, offensive smell; a disgusting odor; a stench.

Fire stink. See under Fire.

Stink-fire lance. See under Lance.

Stink rat (Zo["o]l.), the musk turtle. [Local, U.S.]

Stink shad (Zo["o]l.), the gizzard shad. [Local, U.S.]

Stink trap, a stench trap. See under Stench.

Synonyms: fetor, foetor, malodor, malodour, reek, reek, stench

See Also: be, niff, odor, odour, olfactory perception, olfactory sensation, pong, smell, smell, smell up, stink out, stink up

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