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My education was doing good plays and also stinkers. When you do a stinker, you learn how to act. I like having to audition. It's nice to do rehearsals. But it's with an audience that you get to love it!
Jeffrey Tambor

Meaning of "stinker" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF STINKER

stinker  [ˈstɪŋkə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STINKER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Stinker is 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.

WHAT DOES STINKER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

stinker

Southern giant petrel

The southern giant petrel, also known as the Antarctic giant petrel, giant fulmar, stinker, and stinkpot, is a large seabird of the southern oceans. Its distribution overlaps broadly with the similar northern giant petrel, though it overall is centered slightly further south. Adults of the two species can be separated by the colour of their bill-tip: greenish in the southern and reddish in the northern.

Definition of stinker in the English dictionary

The first definition of stinker in the dictionary is a person or thing that stinks. Other definition of stinker is a difficult or very unpleasant person or thing. Stinker is also something of very poor quality.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH STINKER


blinker
ˈblɪŋkə
clinker
ˈklɪŋkə
Dinka
ˈdɪŋkə
drinker
ˈdrɪŋkə
finca
ˈfɪŋkə
Inca
ˈɪŋkə
klinker
ˈklɪŋkə
linker
ˈlɪŋkə
palinka
pəˈlɪŋkə
pinker
ˈpɪŋkə
plinker
ˈplɪŋkə
shrinker
ˈʃrɪŋkə
sinker
ˈsɪŋkə
skinker
ˈskɪŋkə
slinker
ˈslɪŋkə
Soyinka
sɔˈjɪŋkə
stotinka
stɒˈtɪŋkə
thinker
ˈθɪŋkə
tinker
ˈtɪŋkə
vinca
ˈvɪŋkə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE STINKER

stink
stink ball
stink bomb
stink bug
stink out
stink trap
stinkard
stinkeroo
stinkhorn
stinkier
stinkiest
stinking
stinking badger
stinking goosefoot
stinking iris
stinking mayweed
stinking smut
stinkingly
stinkingness
stinko

WORDS THAT END LIKE STINKER

banker
beer drinker
binge drinker
bunker
die-sinker
forethinker
freethinker
headshrinker
hoodwinker
hook, line, and sinker
inker
jinker
meths drinker
nondrinker
prinker
rethinker
social drinker
swinker
underskinker
wishful thinker

Synonyms and antonyms of stinker in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «STINKER»

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

Translation of «stinker» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF STINKER

Find out the translation of stinker to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of stinker from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «stinker» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

臭气熏天
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

stinker
570 millions of speakers

English

stinker
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बदमाश
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شخص نتن
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

стерва
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fedorento
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হীন ইতর লোক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

salaud
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Stinker
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Scheißkerl
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

駄作
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

악취를 풍기는
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Stinker
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

người đáng khinh bỉ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

stinker
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

काटेकोर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

gıcık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

puzzone
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

gnojek
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

стерва
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

care miroase urât
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

stinker
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

schurk
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

illaluktande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

stinker
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of stinker

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «STINKER»

The term «stinker» is regularly used and occupies the 59.547 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «STINKER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about stinker

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QUOTES WITH «STINKER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word stinker.
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Jeffrey Tambor
My education was doing good plays and also stinkers. When you do a stinker, you learn how to act. I like having to audition. It's nice to do rehearsals. But it's with an audience that you get to love it!

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STINKER»

Discover the use of stinker in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to stinker and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Stinker from Space
An agent of the Sylon Confederacy, fleeing from enemy ships, crash lands on Earth, transfers his mind to the body of a skunk, and enlists the aid of two children in getting back to his home planet.
Pamela F. Service, 1989
2
Calico the Wonder Horse, or the Saga of Stewy Stinker
Way out west in Cactus County there was a horse named Calico.
Virginia Lee Burton, 1997
3
Little Stinker!
Percy the fish is a little stinker! He loves blowing stinky botty bubbles and all the other fish are fed up! Can they teach cheeky Percy a lesson?
Steve Smallman, 2011
4
Tashi and the Big Stinker
Tashi recounts how he plotted with the wife of Chintu the giant to rid the village of Chintu's only brother, who ate anything in sight, and Jack tells how the baron of Tashi's village refused to pay a stranger to get rid of locusts.
Anna Fienberg, Barbara Fienberg, 2007
5
Be a Thinker Not a Stinker: A Story for Kids and the Big ...
Be A Thinker Not a Stinker is a book to teach and encourage children to be respectful of others.
&. Tudie Sammie &. Tudie, Sammie Tudie, 2009
6
Stinker's Return
In a sequel to Stinker from Space, the skunk who can think, talk, and pilot a space ship returns for a special mission to solve the disappearance of the space shuttle and stop a deadly space war. Reprint.
Pamela F. Service, 1994
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Stinker from space by Pamela F. Service: teacher guide
Novel units provide teachers with new ways to teach reading, thinking, writing, and the love of literature.
Jean Jamieson, 1996
8
Little Stinker
A boy called Cranky Pants is annoyed by his loud, messy, helpless, well-behaved little sister, but when he can't find her in the department store, he realizes that how much he would miss her if she were gone.
Stephen Sanzo, 2013
9
99 Cent Adventure Time Stories Crook, Fine, and Stinker
Crook,. Fine,. and. Stinker. When we hear that Felony Jones is around, it's just natural to expect a whammy artist in the background. Magic Eye Fine has been operating on our boy . . . puffing in and out that he does care for the rude in which  ...
Tom Thursday, 2014
10
Really Stinky Fart Jokes
This book is exactly what you'd imagine it to be from the title. Enjoy!
U. Stinker, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STINKER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term stinker is used in the context of the following news items.
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As older brother, Vinatieri was a 'stinker'
"He was such a stinker," said Erickson of her brother. "There was one time when my friend and I were at our house eating pizza, and he told us not to give pizza ... «Sioux Falls Argus Leader, Jul 15»
2
The Boy Next Door: Jennifer Lopez's latest is a stinker
Most films spend far too long setting the scene, when all they really need to bring audiences into the fold is a single, perfectly characteristic moment. The Boy ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
3
Sensory cinema that can turn a film stinker into a movie success
The film you're watching might be a stinker – but a whiff of vanilla will make the star seem more attractive and sipping an energy drink could give the car chases ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
4
Giants, Tim Lincecum lose to Atlanta in rare May stinker
In a fantastic May for the Giants, their fans have become accustomed to shutouts and clutch hitting at AT&T Park, then being serenaded by Tony Bennett on their ... «SFGate, May 15»
5
Stinker Quote of the Week: 'Salt-and-Pepper'
#"We do not need a white (political) party versus a black one. We need two salt-and-pepper parties." #— Former Republican Gov. Haley Barbour, speaking to an ... «Jackson Free Press, Apr 15»
6
Terry Collins can't afford to fall back on old habits now
A) … turn in the inevitable stinker that even very, very good baseball teams will turn in over the course of six months and 162 games. B) … expose in the harsh ... «New York Post, Apr 15»
7
Judge Won't Sanction Skin Treatment Co. For 'Stinker' Ch. 11
Law360, Wilmington (April 9, 2015, 8:57 PM ET) -- A Delaware bankruptcy judge ruled Thursday that while skin treatment marketer Derma Pen LLC's Chapter 11 ... «Law360, Apr 15»
8
Ducks goalies suffer a stinker in embarrassing loss in New York
Ducks goalie John Gibson, who replaced Frederik Andersen, looks back after being scored on by the Rangers' Derek Stepan. SETH WENIG, THE ASSOCIATED ... «OCRegister, Mar 15»
9
Peterson: Tough to make sense of ISU's NCAA stinker
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- There's no other way to put this. Iowa State stunk up the NCAA Tournament. At least the South Region of the NCAA Tournament. At least the ... «DesMoinesRegister.com, Mar 15»
10
Is I'm Still in Love With You the UK's worst Eurovision entry ever?
This year's UK Eurovision entry, I'm Still in Love with You by Electro Velvet, is a stinker. Now, that doesn't necessarily mean that it won't do well in May – for all ... «The Guardian, Mar 15»

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