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verb | noun stinkstink1 /stɪŋk/ ●●○ S3 verb (past tense stank /stæŋk/ or stunk /stʌŋk/, past participle stunk) [intransitive] ETYMOLOGYstink1Origin: Old English stincan VERB TABLEstink |
| Present | I, you, we, they | stink | | he, she, it | stinks | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | stank, stunk | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have stunk | | he, she, it | has stunk | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had stunk | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will stink | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have stunk |
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| Present | I | am stinking | | he, she, it | is stinking | | you, we, they | are stinking | | Past | I, he, she, it | was stinking | | you, we, they | were stinking | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been stinking | | he, she, it | has been stinking | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been stinking | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be stinking | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been stinking |
► stink to high heaven The school’s bathrooms stink to high heaven (=stink very much). 1to have a strong and very bad smell SYN reek: Your shoes stink. It stinks in here.stink of He came home stinking of beer. The school’s bathrooms stink to high heaven (=stink very much).2something stinks spoken informal a)used to say that something is bad or that you do not like it: Don’t eat there – the food stinks! b)used to say that you think something is not fair or reasonable: “My mom won’t let me go.” “That stinks.” [Origin: Old English stincan]stink of something phrasal verb to seem to be bad or seem to be related to something bad: The whole administration stinks of corruption.stink something ↔ up informal phrasal verb1to fill a place with a very bad smell: His cigar stunk up the whole car.2stink up the place to perform badly in a play, game, etc. verb | noun stinkstink2 noun THESAURUS the quality that people and animals recognize by using their nose► smell the quality that people and animals recognize by using their nose: What’s that smell? A delicious smell was coming from the kitchen. ► aroma a strong pleasant smell, especially from food or drinks: He was awakened by the aroma of fresh coffee. ► scent a pleasant smell: The scent of the pine trees was refreshing. ► fragrance a pleasant sweet smell: The fragrance of roses filled the room. ► perfume formal a pleasant sweet smell. Used especially in writing: In the garden, the perfume of the jasmine flowers was strong. ► whiff a smell of something that you notice for only a short time: There was a whiff of smoke in the air from the fire outside. ► odor a strong unpleasant smell that is easy to recognize: His clothes stunk with the odor of dead fish. ► stench a strong disgusting smell: The meat was decaying, and the stench made him feel sick. ► stink a very unpleasant smell: “What is that stink?” “It’s just the dog.” 1[countable] a very bad smell: stink of the stink of burning rubber► see thesaurus at smell12make/raise/cause etc. a stink to complain very strongly because you are annoyed about something: I made a stink about it, and they gave me my money back. |