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stink

(stĭngk)

v. stank (stăngk) or stunk (stŭngk), stunk, stink·ing, stinks

v.intr.

1. To emit a strong foul odor: The basement stinks of mildew.

2. Slang

a. To be of an extremely low or bad quality: These golf clubs stink.

b. To be in extremely bad repute: His name has stunk ever since that scandal.

c. To be morally offensive or have the appearance of dishonesty or corruption: Something about her testimony stinks.

d. To have something to an extreme or offensive degree: a family that is stinking with money; an act that stinks of jealousy.

v.tr.

To cause to stink: garbage that stinks up the yard.

1. A strong offensive odor; a stench. See Synonyms at stench.

2. Slang A scandal or controversy: "the stink over sexual politics in the military" (David Nyhan).

Idiom:

make/raise a stink Slang

To make a great fuss.

[Middle English stinken, from Old English stincan, to emit a smell.]

stink′y adj.

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stink

(stɪŋk)

1. a strong foul smell; stench

2. slang a great deal of trouble (esp in the phrase to make or raise a stink)

3. like stink intensely; furiously

vb (mainly intr) , stinks, stinking, stank, stunk or stunk

4. to emit a foul smell

5. slang to be thoroughly bad or abhorrent: this town stinks.

6. informal to have a very bad reputation: his name stinks.

7. to be of poor quality

8. slang (foll by: of or with) to have or appear to have an excessive amount (of money)

9. informal (usually foll by: up) to cause to stink

[Old English stincan; related to Old Saxon stinkan, German stinken, Old Norse stökkva to burst; see stench]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

stink

(stɪŋk)

v. stank, often, stunk; stunk; stink•ing; v.i.

1. to emit a strong offensive smell.

2. to be offensive to propriety.

3. Informal. to be disgustingly inferior.

4. Slang. to have a large quantity of something (usu. fol. by of or with).

v.t.

5. to cause to stink or be otherwise offensive (often fol. by up).

6. a strong offensive smell; stench.

7. Informal. an unpleasant fuss; scandal.

[before 900; Old English stincan, c. Middle Dutch, Middle Low German stinken, Old High German stinchan; compare stench]

stink

Past participle: stunk
Gerund: stinking

Imperative
stink
stink

Present
I stink
you stink
he/she/it stinks
we stink
you stink
they stink

Preterite
I stank
you stank
he/she/it stank
we stank
you stank
they stank

Present Continuous
I am stinking
you are stinking
he/she/it is stinking
we are stinking
you are stinking
they are stinking

Present Perfect
I have stunk
you have stunk
he/she/it has stunk
we have stunk
you have stunk
they have stunk

Past Continuous
I was stinking
you were stinking
he/she/it was stinking
we were stinking
you were stinking
they were stinking

Past Perfect
I had stunk
you had stunk
he/she/it had stunk
we had stunk
you had stunk
they had stunk

Future
I will stink
you will stink
he/she/it will stink
we will stink
you will stink
they will stink

Future Perfect
I will have stunk
you will have stunk
he/she/it will have stunk
we will have stunk
you will have stunk
they will have stunk

Future Continuous
I will be stinking
you will be stinking
he/she/it will be stinking
we will be stinking
you will be stinking
they will be stinking

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been stinking
you have been stinking
he/she/it has been stinking
we have been stinking
you have been stinking
they have been stinking

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been stinking
you will have been stinking
he/she/it will have been stinking
we will have been stinking
you will have been stinking
they will have been stinking

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been stinking
you had been stinking
he/she/it had been stinking
we had been stinking
you had been stinking
they had been stinking

Conditional
I would stink
you would stink
he/she/it would stink
we would stink
you would stink
they would stink

Past Conditional
I would have stunk
you would have stunk
he/she/it would have stunk
we would have stunk
you would have stunk
they would have stunk

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Noun	1.	stink - a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant fetor, foetor, malodor, malodour, reek, stench, mephitis odour, olfactory perception, olfactory sensation, smell, odor - the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form; "she loved the smell of roses" niff, pong - an unpleasant smell
Verb	1.	stink - be extremely bad in quality or in one's performance; "This term paper stinks!" be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"
	2.	stink - smell badly and offensively; "The building reeks of smoke" reek smell - smell bad; "He rarely washes, and he smells" smell up, stink out, stink up - cause to smell bad; fill with a bad smell

stink

verb

1. reek, pong (Brit. informal), whiff (Brit. slang), stink to high heaven (informal), offend the nostrils We all stank and nobody minded.

2. (Slang) be bad, be no good, be rotten, be offensive, be abhorrent, have a bad name, be detestable, be held in disrepute I think their methods stink.

noun

1. stench, pong (Brit. informal), foul smell, foulness, malodour, fetor, noisomeness The stink was overpowering.

2. (Slang) fuss, to-do, row, upset, scandal, stir, disturbance, uproar, commotion, rumpus, hubbub, brouhaha, deal of trouble (informal) The family's making a hell of a stink.

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stink

verb

To have or give off a foul odor:

reek, smell.

Idiom: smell to high heaven.

Translations

رائحَةٌ كَرِيهَةرائِحَةٌ مُنْتِنَهيَنْتِـنُيُنْتِن

smradsmrdětpáchnoutpuch

stankstinke

stinken Gestank

βρομάω δυσωδία

hedor peste apestar chivo tufo

haistahajulemulemutalöyhkä

puer puanteur cocotter mauvaise odeur

smradsmrditi

bűzlik

fÿlalykta illa

puzzare puzzo puzza appestare lezzo

悪臭悪臭を放つ臭い臭うくだらない

악취악취가 나다

smakotsmirdētsmirdoņa

stank stinken

lukte vondt stank stinke

śmierdzieć smród

feder fedor mau cheiro cheirar mal

вонь вонять

smradsmrdeti

stankstinkavara urusel

กลิ่นเหม็นส่งกลิ่นเหม็น

leş gibi kokma leş gibi kokmak

có mùi khó chịumùi hôi

发恶臭发臭恶臭臭味

stink

[stɪŋk] (stank (vb: pt) (stunk (pp)))

A. N

1. (= smell) → peste f, hedor m
a stink of → un hedor a ...
the stink of corruption → el olor a corrupción

2. (fig) (= row, trouble) → lío m, follón m (Sp)
there was a tremendous stink about it → se armó un tremendo lío
to kick up or raise or make a stink → armar un escándalo

B. VI

1. to stink (of) → apestar (a), heder (a)
it stinks in here → aquí apesta

2. (= be very bad) the idea stinks → es una pésima idea
I think the plan stinks → creo que es un proyecto abominable
as a headmaster he stinks → como director es fatal

C. VT to stink the place out → infestar el lugar de olor

D. CPD stink bomb N → bomba f fétida

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

stink

[ˈstɪŋk]

(= smell) → puanteur f

(= fuss) → foin m
to kick up a stink about sth → faire tout un foin de qch

vi [stank] [ˈstæŋk] (pt) [stunk] [ˈstʌŋk] (pp)

(= smell) → puer, empester
It stinks in there! → Ça pue là-dedans!

[idea, methods] → puer
to stink of corruption → puer la corruption

stink

vb: pret <stank>, ptp <stunk>

(lit: = unpleasant smell) → Gestank m → (of nach); (fig, of corruption etc) → (Ge)ruch m

(inf: = fuss, scandal) → Knatsch (inf), → Stunk (inf) m; to kick up or make a stink → Stunk machen (inf)

(lit: = smell unpleasant) → stinken; it stinks in here → hier (drin) stinkts; it stinks to high heaven → das stinkt zum Himmel (inf)

(fig inf: = be bad) → sauschlecht or miserabel sein (inf); the idea stinks → das ist eine sauschlechte or miserable Idee (inf); the whole business stinks → die ganze Sache stinkt (inf)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

stink

[stɪŋk] (stank (vb: pt) (stunk (pp)))

1. n → puzza, fetore m
to raise or kick up a stink (fig) (fam) → scatenare un putiferio, piantare un casino

2. vi to stink (of) → puzzare (di)
it stinks in here → che puzza c'è qui
it stinks to high heaven → puzza tremendamente
the whole thing stinks (fig) (fam) → tutta la faccenda puzza

3. vt (also stink out) (room) → appestare

stink

(stiŋk) – past tense stank (staŋk) : past participle stunk (staŋk) – verb

to have a very bad smell. That fish stinks; The house stinks of cats.

noun

a very bad smell. What a stink!

stink

→ رائحَةٌ كَرِيهَة, يَنْتِـنُ smrad, smrdět stank, stinke Gestank, stinken βρομάω, δυσωδία apestar, hedor lemu, lemuta puanteur, puer smrad, smrditi puzza, puzzare 悪臭, 悪臭を放つ 악취, 악취가 나다 stank, stinken stank, stinke śmierdzieć, smród cheirar mal, feder, fedor, mau cheiro вонь, вонять stank, stinka กลิ่นเหม็น, ส่งกลิ่นเหม็น leş gibi kokma, leş gibi kokmak có mùi khó chịu, mùi hôi 发臭, 臭味

stink

n. olor desagradable, mal olor.

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