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What (who) is Stink - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Stink (disambiguation)
stink
v. (D; intr.) to stink of (the place stinks of rotten fish)
stink
I. v. n.
Smell bad, smell ill, emit a stench.
II. n.
Stench, fetor, offensive odor, bad smell.
stink
(stinks, stinking, stank, stunk)
1.
To stink means to smell extremely unpleasant.
Get away from me-your breath stinks...
The place stinks of fried onions...
The pond stank like a sewer.
VERB: V, V of n, V like n
•
Stink is also a noun.
He was aware of the stink of stale beer on his breath...
N-SING
• stinking
They were locked up in a stinking cell.
ADJ
2.
If you say that something stinks, you mean that you disapprove of it because it involves ideas, feelings, or practices that you do not like. (INFORMAL)
I think their methods stink...
The whole thing stinks of political corruption.
VERB: V, V of n [disapproval]
3.
If someone makes a stink about something they are angry about, they show their anger in order to make people take notice. (INFORMAL)
The tabloid press kicked up a stink about his seven-day visit.
= fuss
N-SING: a N
Wikipedia
Stink
Stink most commonly refers to unpleasant odor.
The term may also refer to:
- Stink (EP), an EP by The Replacements
- Flatulence, sometimes called a stink
- Stink bomb, a device to create an unpleasant smell
- Stink bug, a type of insect
- Stink pipe, a slang term for part of a Drain-waste-vent system
- Stink!, a 2015 documentary film
- Stink, a character from the 1991 version of Land of the Lost
Examples of use of Stink
1. Permission to reprint/republish These revelations have caused a stink.
2. First for me, the sulphur baths –– and they stink.
3. They may find it distasteful and kick up a stink.
4. Unless a proposed reform creates a stink, it doesn‘t count.
5. 2005; A01 NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 5 –– The bad places stink.