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stunk

(stŭngk)

A past tense and the past participle of stink.

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stunk

(stʌŋk)

a past tense and past participle of stink

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stink

(stɪŋk)

v. stank, often, stunk; stunk; stink•ing; v.i.

1. to emit a strong offensive smell.

2. to be offensive to propriety.

3. Informal. to be disgustingly inferior.

4. Slang. to have a large quantity of something (usu. fol. by of or with).

v.t.

5. to cause to stink or be otherwise offensive (often fol. by up).

6. a strong offensive smell; stench.

7. Informal. an unpleasant fuss; scandal.

[before 900; Old English stincan, c. Middle Dutch, Middle Low German stinken, Old High German stinchan; compare stench]

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stink

(stiŋk) – past tense stank (staŋk) : past participle stunk (staŋk) – verb

to have a very bad smell. That fish stinks; The house stinks of cats. stink يُنْتِن воня feder páchnout stinken stinke βρομάω apestar lehkama بوي بد دادن lemuta puer לְהַסרִיחַ बदबू आना या करना smrdjeti, zaudarati bűzlik berbau busuk lykta illa puzzare 悪臭を放つ 악취를 품기다 dvokti, smirdėti smakot; smirdēt berbau busuk stinken stinke, lukte vondt śmierdzieć cheirar mal a puţi, a mirosi urât вонять páchnuť smrdeti smrdeti stinka ส่งกลิ่นเหม็น kötü/pis kokmak 發惡臭 смердіти بد بو خارج کرنا có mùi khó chịu, hôi thối 发恶臭

noun

a very bad smell. What a stink! stank رائِحَةٌ مُنْتِنَه смрад fedor puch der Gestank stank βρόμα peste, hedor lehk بوي بد lemu puanteur סירחון दुर्गन्ध, बदबू smrad, smrdež bűz bau busuk fÿla puzza, fetore 悪臭 악취 dvokas, smarvė smirdoņa bau busuk stank stank, vond lukt smród fedor duhoare, putoare вонь pach smrad smrad stank กลิ่นเหม็น pis/berbat koku 惡臭 сморід بد بو mùi khó chịu, hôi thối 恶臭

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