transcription, транскрипция: [ stɪŋk ]
( 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
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Stink is also a noun.
He was aware of the stink of stale beer on his breath...
N-SING
• stink‧ing
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