From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishstinkstink1 /stɪŋk/ ●●○ verb (past tense stank /stæŋk/, past participle stunk /stʌŋk/) [intransitive] 1 SMELLto have a strong and very unpleasant smell It stinks in here!stink of His breath stank of alcohol. The toilets stank to high heaven (=stank very much).2 spoken used to say that something is bad, unfair, dishonest etc Don’t eat there – the food stinks! The whole justice system stinks. → stink something ↔ out→ See Verb table
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stink• Her room is filthy, and it stinks.• The fish Cassius returned home with lay in a plastic basin in the kitchen, spoiled and stinking.• How can you eat that cheese? It stinks.• Your shoes stink.• But area teenagers said Wednesday that the provisions stink.• Conveyancing is a reactionary adversarial system-and in the main it stinks.• Boys with wicker baskets full of bricks and masonry hurry past; the streets stink and run with mud and excrement.• His clothes stank of cigarette smoke.• The woman stank of neglect, her clothes were torn and filthy, and tears had made twin furrows down her face.• You boys stink to high heaven - go inside and take a shower.• But the move, though it stinks, was legal.stink of• the stink of burning rubber• It stinks of smoke in here.• His apartment stank of stale beer.stinkstink2 noun [countable usually singular] 1 SMELLa very bad smell SYN stenchstink of the stink of burning rubber► see thesaurus at smell2 → cause/kick up/make etc a stink3 → work/run/go like stinkExamples from the Corpus
stink• Emitting a stink that would have made a Tyryttiaki swamp mist seem fragrant.• You really do have to make a stink.• I raised a stink about it and got my seat back, but it was a Pyrrhic victory.• She crept down toward the stink of blood.• It was the stink of suffering.• The stink from the drains is almost unbearable in summer.• The stink of burning rubber permeated the hot summer air.• The stink of gasoline filled the air and the Prophet's eyes widened in shocked disbelief.Origin stink1 Old English stincan 