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stink
What does stink mean?
stink (verb): to have a strong bad smell.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you pronounce stink?
/stɪŋk/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does stink come from?
From Middle English stinken, from Old English stincan, from Proto-Germanic *stinkwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *stengʷ-, *stegʷ- (“to push, thrust, strike”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to stink
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “stink” mean?
sit or recline comfortably
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to omit from consideration
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be obliged to pay or repay
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to have a strong bad smell
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