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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

STINK, v.i. pret. stand or stunk. To emit a strong offensive smell.
STINK, n. A strong offensive smell.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant [syn: malodor, malodour, stench, stink, reek, fetor, foetor, mephitis] v
1: be extremely bad in quality or in one's performance; "This term paper stinks!"
2: smell badly and offensively; "The building reeks of smoke" [syn: reek, stink]

Merriam Webster's

I. intransitive verb (stank or stunk; stunk; stinking) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English stincan; akin to Old High German stinkan to emit a smell Date: before 12th century 1. to emit a strong offensive odor <stank of urine> 2. to be offensive <the election stank of corruption>; also to be in bad repute 3. to possess something to an offensive degree <stinking with wealth> 4. to be extremely bad or unpleasant <the performance stank> <that news really stinks> • stinky adjective II. noun Date: 13th century 1. a strong offensive odor ; stench 2. a public outcry against something ; fuss <made a big stink when asked to leave>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. & n. --v. (past stank or stunk; past part. stunk) 1 intr. emit a strong offensive smell. 2 tr. (often foll. by out) fill (a place) with a stink. 3 tr. (foll. by out etc.) drive (a person) out etc. by a stink. 4 intr. colloq. be or seem very unpleasant, contemptible, or scandalous. 5 intr. (foll. by of) colloq. have plenty of (esp. money). --n. 1 a strong or offensive smell; a stench. 2 colloq. a row or fuss (the affair caused quite a stink). Phrases and idioms: like stink colloq. intensely; extremely hard or fast etc. (working like stink). stink bomb a device emitting a stink when exploded. Etymology: OE stincan ult. f. WG: cf. STENCH

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Stink Stink, v. t. To cause to stink; to affect by a stink.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(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

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. n. Smell bad, smell ill, emit a stench. II. n. Stench, fetor, offensive odor, bad smell.

Moby Thesaurus

BO, bad breath, bad smell, be aromatic, be redolent of, body odor, breathe, emit a smell, exhale, fetidity, fetidness, fetor, foul breath, foul odor, frowst, funk, graveolence, halitosis, malodor, mephitis, miasma, nidor, noxious stench, offend the nostrils, offensive odor, reek, reeking, rotten smell, smell, smell bad, smell of, smell to heaven, smell up, stench, stench of decay, stink out, stink up, suck, yield an odor