stink
To have a strong bad smell.
Other meanings
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.
Related words
- stinks
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "stincan".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “stink” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.