English

Verb

stink ‎(third-person singular simple present stinks, present participle stinking, simple past stank or stunk, past participle stunk)

1. (intransitive) To have a strong bad smell.
2. (intransitive, informal) To be greatly inferior; to perform badly.

   That movie stinks. I didn't even stay for the end.

3. (intransitive) To give an impression of dishonesty or untruth.

   Something stinks about the politician's excuses.

4. (transitive) To cause to stink; to affect by a stink.

Synonyms

• (have a strong bad smell): pong, reek
• (be greatly inferior): suck, blow
• (give an impression of dishonesty or untruth): be fishy

Derived terms

• stink up
• stink out
• give out stink

Translations

Noun

stink ‎(plural stinks)

1. A strong bad smell.
2. (informal) A complaint or objection.

   If you don't make a stink about the problem, nothing will be done.

3. (in plural stinks, slang) chemistry (as a subject taught in school)
   • The Boy's Own Annual (volume 35, page 214)

     Very few boys could resist the attractions of mixing up chemicals, manufacturing unsavoury smells, and producing loud explosions. Bowney was an exception to the general rule, however; he never had studied "Stinks," […]

4. (slang, New Zealand) A failure or unfortunate event.

   The concert was stink.

Synonyms

• (strong bad smell): fetor, odour/odor, pong, reek, smell, stench
• (informal: complaint or objection):
• (slang: chemistry):

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• knits, skint, tinks

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪŋk

Verb

stink

1. first-person singular present indicative of stinken
2. imperative of stinken

Anagrams

• snikt

Swedish

Verb

stink

1. imperative of stinka