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Stunk

Stink \Stink\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Stunk, Stank, p. pr. & vb. n. Stinking.] [AS. stinkan to have a smell (whether good or bad); akin to OHG. stinchan, G. & D. stinken to stink; of uncertain origin; cf. Icel. st["o]kkva to leap, to spring, Goth. stigqan to push, strike, or Gr. ? rancid. Cf. Stench.] To emit a strong, offensive smell; to send out a disgusting odor.

Stunk

Stunk \Stunk\, imp. & p. p. of Stink.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
stunk

past tense and past participle of stink (v.).

Wiktionary
stunk

vb. 1 (past participle of stink English) 2 (en-simple past of: stink)

WordNet
stink

  1. v. be extremely bad in quality or in one's performance; "This term paper stinks!"

  2. smell badly and offensively; "The building reeks of smoke" [syn: reek]

  3. [also: stunk, stank]

stink

  1. n. a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant [syn: malodor, malodour, stench, reek, fetor, foetor, mephitis]

  2. [also: stunk, stank]

stunk

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Usage examples of "stunk".

Even Popi, who just about raised her, thought she stunk at running a household, being a single mom.

Actually, this entire situation stunk, and she decided she needed to change their predicament.

She stunk of sulphur and the top layer of grime on her face had been sluiced to a translucent gray.

Bible oath that the last time she washed for me she stunk of gin enough to poison me, and went away with two bits of soap in her pocket.

His clothing stunk of ozone and sweat as he looked up at the tower of metal above him.

She, too, stunk of ozone and sweat and her coveralls were covered in grease and blood, hers and others.