stink Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant
    foetor; fetor; malodor; mephitis; malodour; reek; stench.
  2. verb be extremely bad in quality or in one's performance
    • This term paper stinks!
  3. verb smell badly and offensively
    reek.
    • The building reeks of smoke

WordNet

Stink intransitive verb
Etymology
AS. stinkan to have a smell (whether good or bad); akin to OHG. stinchan, G. & D. stinken to stink; of uncertain origin; cf. Icel. stökkva to leap, to spring, Goth. stigqan to push, strike, or Gr. rancid. Cf. Stench.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Stunk Stank present participle & verbal noun Stinking
Definitions
  1. To emit a strong, offensive smell; to send out a disgusting odor.
Stink transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To cause to stink; to affect by a stink.
Stink noun
Etymology
AS. stinc.
Definitions
  1. A strong, offensive smell; a disgusting odor; a stench.

Webster 1913