stink

Definitions


[stɪŋk], (Verb)

Definitions:
- have a strong unpleasant smell
(e.g: the place stank like a sewer)

- be very unpleasant, contemptible, or scandalous
(e.g: he thinks the values of our society stink)


Phrases:
- like stink

Origin:
Old English stincan, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German stinken, also to stench


[stɪŋk], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a strong unpleasant smell; a stench
(e.g: the stink of the place hit me as I went in)

- a row or fuss
(e.g: a silly move now would kick up a stink we couldn't handle)


Phrases:
- like stink

Origin:
Old English stincan, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German stinken, also to stench


[stɪŋk], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- having a strong unpleasant smell
(e.g: ‘What you doing with that stink dog?’)

- contemptible; corrupt
(e.g: the whole episode is so stink that the principal asked for an immediate transfer of the teacher)


Phrases:
- like stink

Origin:
Old English stincan, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German stinken, also to stench




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