/stingk/ , v. , stank or, often, stunk; stunk; stinking; n.
v.i.
1. to emit a strong offensive smell.
2. to be offensive to honesty or propriety; to be in extremely bad repute or disfavor.
3. Informal. to be disgustingly inferior: That book stinks.
4. Slang. to have a large quantity of something (usually fol. by of or with ): They stink of money. She stinks with jewelry.
v.t.
5. to cause to stink or be otherwise offensive (often fol. by up ): an amateurish performance that really stank up the stage.
6. stink out , to repel or drive out by means of a highly offensive smell.
n.
7. a strong offensive smell; stench.
8. Informal. an unpleasant fuss; scandal: There was a big stink about his accepting a bribe.
9. stinks , ( used with a sing. v. ) Brit. Slang. chemistry as a course of study.
[ bef. 900; (v.) ME stinken, OE stincan; (n.) ME, deriv. of the v.; c. G stinken. (v.); cf. STENCH ]
Syn. 1. reek.