Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having a foul smell; fetid.
- adjective Slang Drunk; intoxicated.
- adverb Used as an intensive.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- a. & n. from
stink , v. - (Zoöl.) the teledu.
- (Bot.) the California nutmeg tree; also, a related tree of Florida (
Torreya taxifolia ).
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having a
pungent smell . - adjective Very bad and undesirable.
- verb Present participle of
stink .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective offensively malodorous
- adjective very bad
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Examples
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You had indicated before that -- and you used the term stinking drunk when she was initially arrested -- but when she was arrested, she had .08 alcohol.
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In the end, Collins's Wednesday night rant to the media—has any public speaker used the word "stinking" to more memorable effect?
Collins as a Communicator Mike Sielski 2011
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He referred in letters home, when he first got here in May of 1831, to what he called the stinking arrogance of Americans, the fact that halfway through a conversation with you they insist on, you know, spitting some long stream of tobacco juice into the corner of the room or that they'd shake hands with you as though they'd known you for 10 years, and so on and so on.
Introduction Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America 1995
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On Thursday, Becca and Josie came up from St. Catharines and Burlington, respectively, and we ate lots of barbecued ribs and chicken and drank beer (in stinking hot temperatures) at my house and then headed off to Bluesfest to catch some acts.
Archive 2010-07-01 alison 2010
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Crist, Greer, Thrasher, the state GOP … … This fish is stinking from the head down.
1Q 2010: Crist raises 1.1 million to Rubio’s 3.6. | RedState 2010
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On Thursday, Becca and Josie came up from St. Catharines and Burlington, respectively, and we ate lots of barbecued ribs and chicken and drank beer (in stinking hot temperatures) at my house and then headed off to Bluesfest to catch some acts.
What I did on the weekend -- Part 1: Ribs, beer and awesomeness at Bluesfest alison 2010
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They are better off dead than alive in stinking “Gitmo.”
Think Progress » Malkin On Detainee Suicides: ‘Boo-Freakin-Hoo’ 2006
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Be prepared to drag it through about 100 yards of lirio in stinking water and, whatever you do, don't tip over or you will emerge resembling something from Motel Hell.
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There’s a big difference between a homeless guy sitting on a sidewalk or a park bench and a homeless guy on a bus or train stinking up half of a car.
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We do the dirty jobs: the ohs the press call stinking and underhanded.
slumry commented on the word stinking
adjective meaning contemptible or disgusting: A stinking shame
July 17, 2007