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stink |
4 definitions found 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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Stink \Stink\, v. t. To cause to stink; to affect by a stink. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Stink \Stink\, n. [AS. stinc.] A strong, offensive smell; a disgusting odor; a stench. {Fire stink}. See under {Fire}. {Stink-fire lance}. See under {Lance}. {Stink rat} (Zo["o]l.), the musk turtle. [Local, U.S.] {Stink shad} (Zo["o]l.), the gizzard shad. [Local, U.S.] {Stink trap}, a stench trap. See under {Stench}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: stink n : a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant [syn: {malodor}, {malodour}, {stench}, {reek}, {fetor}, {foetor}] v 1: be extremely bad in quality or in one's performance; "This term paper stinks!" 2: smell to heaven [syn: {reek}]
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