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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Stinking  \Stink"ing\, 
  a.  &  n.  from  {Stink},  v. 
 
  {Stinking  badger}  (Zo["o]l.),  the  teledu. 
 
  {Stinking  cedar}  (Bot.),  the  California  nutmeg  tree;  also  a 
  related  tree  of  Florida  ({Torreya  taxifolia}). 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Stink  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  stinking 
  adj  1:  (informal)  very  bad  "a  lousy  play";  "it's  a  stinking  world" 
  [syn:  {icky},  {crappy},  {lousy},  {rotten},  {shitty},  {stinky}] 
  2:  offensively  malodorous;  "a  putrid  smell"  [syn:  {fetid},  {foetid}, 
  {foul},  {foul-smelling},  {funky},  {noisome},  {smelly},  {putrid}]




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