stink
/stɪŋk/
noun
🇬🇧 UK
/stɪŋk/
🇺🇸 US
/stɪŋk/
Meaning
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Meaning 1 · noun
A strong bad smell.
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Meaning 2 · noun
A complaint or objection.
“If you don't make a stink about the problem, nothing will be done.”
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Meaning 3 · verb
To have a strong bad smell.
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Meaning 4 · verb
To be greatly inferior; to perform badly.
“That movie stinks. I didn't even stay for the end.”
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Meaning 5 · verb
To give an impression of dishonesty or untruth.
“Something stinks about the politician's excuses.”
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Meaning 6 · verb
To cause to stink; to affect by a stink.
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Meaning 7 · adjective
Bad; inferior; worthless.
“The concert was stink. / That was a stink concert.”
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Meaning 8 · adjective
Bad-smelling, stinky.
How this word is used
- General “If you don't make a stink about the problem, nothing will be done.”
- General “That movie stinks. I didn't even stay for the end.”
- General “Something stinks about the politician's excuses.”
- Everyday “The concert was stink. / That was a stink concert.”
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