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Webster 1913 Edition


Stinking

Stink′ing

,
Adj.
&
Noun.
from
Stink
,
Verb.
Stinking badger
(Zool.)
,
the teledu.
Stinking cedar
(Bot.)
,
the California nutmeg tree; also, a related tree of Florida (
Torreya taxifolia
).

Webster 1828 Edition


Stinking

STINKING

,
ppr.
Emitting a strong offensive smell.

Definition 2024


stinking

stinking

English

Adjective

stinking (comparative more stinking, superlative most stinking)

  1. Having a pungent smell.
  2. Very bad and undesirable.
    Despite leading the way for years, the new model is really stinking.
  3. (euphemistic) An intensifier, a minced oath.
    We don't need your stinking sympathy.

Translations

Verb

stinking

  1. present participle of stink

Noun

stinking (plural stinkings)

  1. The emission of a foul smell.
    • 2013, Phaedra. C Pezzullo, Cultural Studies and Environment, Revisited (page 42)
      From the magnificent ejaculation of the Waimangu geyser, to the tiniest of gaseous emissions, descriptions of the thermal reserve were rife with dischargings, bubblings and stinkings, quiverings and palpitations, orifices and protuberances.