stink

stink
    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}]
    

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.
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Stink \Stink\, v. t.
   To cause to stink; to affect by a stink.
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Stink \Stink\, n. [AS. stinc.]
   A strong, offensive smell; a disgusting odor; a stench.
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   {Fire stink}. See under {Fire}.

   {Stink-fire lance}. See under {Lance}.

   {Stink rat} (Zool.), the musk turtle. [Local, U.S.]

   {Stink shad} (Zool.), the gizzard shad. [Local, U.S.]

   {Stink trap}, a stench trap. See under {Stench}.
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39 Moby Thesaurus words for "stink":
      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