Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that stinks.
- noun An irritating, disgusting, or contemptible person.
- noun Something very difficult.
- noun One that is of poor quality or is shoddy.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
stinkhorn . - noun One who or that which stinks; a stinkard; a stinkpot.
- noun One of several large petrels, as the giant fulmar, Ossifraga gigantea, which acquire an offensive odor from feeding on blubber or carrion.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who, or that which, stinks.
- noun (Zoöl.) Any one of the several species of large antarctic petrels which feed on blubber and carrion and have an offensive odor, as the giant fulmar.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who
stinks . - noun slang A
contemptible person. - noun slang Something difficult (e.g. a given puzzle) or unpleasant (e.g. negative review, nasty letter).
- noun slang Something of poor quality.
- noun Any of several
species of largeAntarctic petrels which feed onblubber andcarrion and have an offensive odour, such as the giantfulmar .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an artifact (especially an automobile) that is defective or unsatisfactory
- noun a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
- noun anything that gives off an offensive odor (especially a cheap cigar)
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Examples
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Hardly and anyone who thinks so doesn't know a stinker from a best picture.
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Any list of bad sequels that does not list Highlander II as the all-time el-supremo undisputed champ of a stinking stinkeroo of a stinker is not the pixels used to post it.
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` ` It's what I describe as a stinker, '' Timberwolves coach Dwane Casey said.
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Clearly, whoever Lady S’s lawyers were are just taking this case to get paid – it’s a stinker from the beginning.
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You can’t always count on it, but usually the lack of a press screening means that the movie studio is trying to hide their stinker from the press as long as possible so as not to adversely affect that precious opening weekend.
No screenings means no coverage: What are they hiding? » Scene-Stealers 2008
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Well, this little stinker is the reason I’ve fallen down on my blog, of which I’d only managed 8 posts on before he was born.
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Well, this little stinker is the reason I’ve fallen down on my blog, of which I’d only managed 8 posts on before he was born.
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The last hurdle for this stinker will be the 2010 and 2012 elections.
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The last hurdle for this stinker will be the 2010 and 2012 elections.
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The stinker is the soup is the cheapest thing on the menu, so if yer hungry but saving cash for beers, this is what you get. sigh.
Cup O' C**k: The Most Unappetizing Meal - Red Lion Tavern, Silverlake e d b m 2007
oroboros commented on the word stinker
Reknits in reverse.
July 22, 2007
reesetee commented on the word stinker
Nickname for the Southern Giant Petrel.
March 4, 2008
dailyword commented on the word stinker
Sam called Gollum this.
August 9, 2012