Meaning of "stink" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD STINK

Old English stincan; related to Old Saxon stinkan, German stinken, Old Norse stökkva to burst.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF STINK

stink  [stɪŋk]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STINK

Stink is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb stink in English.

WHAT DOES STINK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Stink

Stink most commonly refers to unpleasant odor. Stink may also refer to: ▪ Stink bomb, a device to create an unpleasant smell ▪ Flatulence, sometimes called a stink ▪ Stink pipe, a slang term for part of a Drain-waste-vent system ▪ Stink bug, a type of insect ▪ Stink, an album by The Replacements...

Definition of stink in the English dictionary

The first definition of stink in the dictionary is a strong foul smell; stench. Other definition of stink is a great deal of trouble. Stink is also to emit a foul smell.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO STINK

PRESENT

Present

I stink

you stink

he/she/it stinks

we stink

you stink

they stink

Present continuous

I am stinking

you are stinking

he/she/it is stinking

we are stinking

you are stinking

they are stinking

Present perfect

I have stunk

you have stunk

he/she/it has stunk

we have stunk

you have stunk

they have stunk

Present perfect continuous

I have been stinking

you have been stinking

he/she/it has been stinking

we have been stinking

you have been stinking

they have been stinking

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I stank

you stank

he/she/it stank

we stank

you stank

they stank

Past continuous

I was stinking

you were stinking

he/she/it was stinking

we were stinking

you were stinking

they were stinking

Past perfect

I had stunk

you had stunk

he/she/it had stunk

we had stunk

you had stunk

they had stunk

Past perfect continuous

I had been stinking

you had been stinking

he/she/it had been stinking

we had been stinking

you had been stinking

they had been stinking

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will stink

you will stink

he/she/it will stink

we will stink

you will stink

they will stink

Future continuous

I will be stinking

you will be stinking

he/she/it will be stinking

we will be stinking

you will be stinking

they will be stinking

Future perfect

I will have stunk

you will have stunk

he/she/it will have stunk

we will have stunk

you will have stunk

they will have stunk

Future perfect continuous

I will have been stinking

you will have been stinking

he/she/it will have been stinking

we will have been stinking

you will have been stinking

they will have been stinking

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would stink

you would stink

he/she/it would stink

we would stink

you would stink

they would stink

Conditional continuous

I would be stinking

you would be stinking

he/she/it would be stinking

we would be stinking

you would be stinking

they would be stinking

Conditional perfect

I would have stink

you would have stink

he/she/it would have stink

we would have stink

you would have stink

they would have stink

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been stinking

you would have been stinking

he/she/it would have been stinking

we would have been stinking

you would have been stinking

they would have been stinking

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you stink
we let´s stink
you stink

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to stink

Past participle

stunk

Present Participle

stinking

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «STINK»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «stink» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of stink

brouhaha · commotion · disturbance · fetor · foulness · fuss · hubbub · malodour · noisomeness · pong · reek · row · rumpus · scandal · stench · stir · to-do · uproar · upset · whiff

TRANSLATION OF STINK

Find out the translation of stink to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of stink from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «stink» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 臭味
• Translator English - Spanish: hedor
• English: stink
• Translator English - Hindi: बदबू
• Translator English - Arabic: رائحَةٌ كَرِيهَة
• Translator English - Russian: вонь
• Translator English - Portuguese: fedor
• Translator English - Bengali: দুর্গন্ধ
• Translator English - French: puanteur
• Translator English - Malay: Bau busuk
• Translator English - German: Gestank
• Translator English - Japanese: 悪臭
• Translator English - Korean: 악취
• Translator English - Javanese: Mambu
• Translator English - Vietnamese: mùi hôi
• Translator English - Tamil: நாற்றம்
• Translator English - Marathi: सुगंध
• Translator English - Turkish: pis koku
• Translator English - Italian: puzza
• Translator English - Polish: smród
• Translator English - Ukrainian: сморід
• Translator English - Romanian: duhoare
• Translator English - Greek: δυσωδία
• Translator English - Afrikaans: stink
• Translator English - Swedish: stank
• Translator English - Norwegian: stank

10 QUOTES WITH «STINK»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word stink.

1

Clancy Brown

There have been a couple of jobs I've done without thinking, without being engaged, and they just stink.

2

Jim Cramer

I mean it's the most objective industry in the world. If your numbers stink, you're out. If your numbers are good, you get more money. It's the most Darwinian, it's beautiful, it's brutal, it works.

3

Kevin Eubanks

My love life doesn't stink; it's nonexistent.

4

Patti Hansen

I don't want to write a book; I don't want to go on T.V., because I stink at it. The only thing I have always been comfortable with is being in magazines.

5

Steve Jones

I don't want to play stinking, beer-ridden clubs. It depresses me even thinking about that. I really hate it when you're finished with a show and you're in your dressing room with that stink of beer and sweaty girls. It brings back an ugly picture for me. I'd hate to have to do that again.

6

Jack Kevorkian

I hate to say this, but I'll repeat it: After death, all we know that you do is stink.

7

Klaus Kinski

Once, I took a taxi. I hate those limousines. They stink and their drivers have been driving dead people to the cemeteries.

8

Gelsey Kirkland

At this stage of my life I would rather try and have some small impact within a company and suffer through those things than make such a big stink that nobody can trust to work with you. It's very important in an environment of a big institution that people don't feel threatened that you're going to expose them in any way.

9

Edie McClurg

Don't stink up the place with bad acting, if an opportunity comes your way.

10

Jay Mohr

I think golf is a waste of time and a waste of a sunny afternoon. I also stink at it. I have never found anything, including divorce and a sexual harassment suit, more frustrating.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STINK»

Discover the use of stink in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to stink and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Stink: The Incredible Shrinking Kid

The shortest kid in the second grade, James Moody, also known as Stink, learns all about the shortest president of the United States, James Madison, when they celebrate Presidents' Day at school.

Megan McDonald, 2013

Mr Stink

The second original, touching, twisted, and most of all hilarious novel for children from David Walliams, number one bestseller and fastest growing children’s author in the country – beautifully illustrated by Quentin Blake.

David Walliams, 2009

Stink and the Midnight Zombie Walk

Stink and his friends try to earn money to buy the latest book in the Nightmare on Zombie Street series and go to the book release party.

Megan McDonald, 2013

Stink and the World's Worst Super-Stinky Sneakers (Book #3)

A class visit to the Gross-Me-Out exhibit at the science museum inspires Stink Moody to create a variety of terrible smells to put on the sneakers he plans to enter in the World's Worst Super-Stinky Sneaker contest.

Megan McDonald, 2010

I Stink!

“Squeeze them! Crush them! Mash them! Smash them!” With ten wide tyres, one really big appetite and an even bigger smell, this rubbish truck’s got it all. Eating your rubbish and loving every smelly second of it!

‎2008

Stink and the Incredible Super-Galactic Jawbreaker (Book #2)

Thirty-six idioms are sprinkled through the story, inspiring a search that’s more fun than a barrel of monkeys.

Megan McDonald, 2010

Stink and the Ultimate Thumb-Wrestling Smackdown

After second-grader Stink gets an unsatisfactory grade in physical education, his parents tell him he must play a sport and so he masters thumb wrestling, as seen on a sports channel.

Megan McDonald, 2013

The Great Stink of Paris and the Nineteenth-Century Struggle ...

Tracing a series of developments in French science, medicine, politics, and culture, Barnes reveals how the science and practice of public health changed during the heyday of the Bacteriological Revolution.

David S. Barnes, 2006

The Great Stink of London: Sir Joseph Bazalgette and the ...

The great engineer entrusted by Parliament with this enormous task was Sir Joseph Bazalgette, and this book is a fascinating account of his life and work.

Stephen Halliday, 2013

Stink and the Great Guinea Pig Express

In honor of Judy Moody's younger "bother," the creators of the award-winning series introduce Stink's solo adventures, with tales enhanced by a series of comic strips, drawn by Stink himself, that are interspersed throughout.

Megan McDonald, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STINK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term stink is used in the context of the following news items.

Stink bugs leave their messy trail across NW region

Lee Ream, a chemist at the U.S. Agricultural Research Service Laboratory in Wapato, inspects a brown marmorated stink bug. (Steve Ringman / The Seattle ... «The Seattle Times, Jun 15»

Big stink in Israel over soldier punished for eating pork sandwich

JERUSALEM -- The Israeli military on Tuesday scrapped a punishment for a U.S.-born Israeli soldier who had caused a stink by violating the military's kosher ... «CTV News, Jun 15»

Philadelphia port inspectors find stink bug in pineapples

The rice stalk stink bug was uncovered at Penn Terminal in a 1,600 case, 50,000-pound shipment of pineapples from the Dominican Republic that were headed ... «WTAE Pittsburgh, May 15»

'They must be managed': Metro-east faces invasion of stink bugs

Chris Eckert, president of Eckert's Inc., checks a trap located at the edge of a peach field for the brown marmorated stink bug. | Derik Holtmann News-Democrat. «Belleville News-Democrat, May 15»

Stink Fest returns to Hattiesburg April 24-25

Stink Fest 2015 will feature 35 bands — including Soup Kitchen, Social Lights and Criminal Birds — performing at five venues around Hattiesburg, from Benny's ... «Hattiesburg American, Apr 15»

Japanese woman slashes husband's face over toilet stink

... his own hands first,” she said, Jiji Press and other local media reported. “The toilet stinks so much that the child cannot even use it,” Jiji reported her as saying. «The Japan Times, Apr 15»

UGA scientists seek public's help in tracking new stink bug

The brown marmorated stink bug, a native of Asia, can be found in 42 states and two Canadian provinces, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. «UGA Today, Apr 15»

How to get rid of stink bugs

Just like most of the rest of us these days, stink bugs are waking up from a long, nasty winter — perhaps in your attic or behind walls near the top of your house ... «The Journal News | LoHud.com, Apr 15»

WANTED: Stink Bugs

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (WUSA9) -- Scientists at the University of Maryland are asking people not to kill stink bugs, but to collect and donate them to research. «W*USA 9, Mar 15»

Perfumed Royals catcher Salvador Perez doesn't want to make a …

SAN FRANCISCO – Salvador Perez is a player who doesn't want to make a stink. The upbeat All-Star catcher for the Kansas City Royals wore Victoria's Secret ... «Fox News, Oct 14»