stink

Definition

  • verb: to have a very bad smell
  • verb: to emit a strong offensive odor
  • often + 'of'
  • synonyms: stench, smell, pong

Examples

  • It 'stinks' that you can't stay longer. [=I'm very sorry/disappointed that you can't stay longer]

  • Something 'stinks' about his story. [=something about his story does not seem true or honest]

  • The food is good at that restaurant, but the service 'stinks'.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) at Philadelphia Zoological Park. Three thousand people show up my first day. Look. What's it like living in a cage? -It stinks. But the monkeys, they do some tricks there. I throw a spear... wrestle with Kowali, she is orangutan. (..)
    2008 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button