stink
/stɪŋk/ verb B2- To have a strong bad smell.
- To be greatly inferior; to perform badly. · That movie stinks. I didn't even stay for the end.
- To give an impression of dishonesty, untruth, or sin. · Something stinks about the politician's excuses.
- To cause to stink; to affect by a stink.
He/she/it stinks · Past stank · Past participle stunk · -ing form stinking
Verb forms
- Base form
- stink
- He/she/it
- stinks
- Past
- stank
- Past participle
- stunk
- -ing form
- stinking
An irregular verb: learn its past and past participle by heart.
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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Shortly after the nuptials, the Eagle said, “Fly off and bring me back the ostrich you promised me.” The Kite, soaring aloft into the air, brought back the shabbiest possible mouse, stinking from the length of time it had lain about the fields.
The Great Stink, though a profoundly unpleasant historical episode, ultimately served as the indispensable catalyst for a cleaner, healthier, and substantially more modern metropolis.
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