stink (redirected from stinks up)

stink  (stngk)

v. stank (stngk) or stunk (stngk), stunk, stink·ing, stinks

v.intr.

1. To emit a strong foul odor.

2.

a. To be highly offensive or abhorrent.

b. To be in extremely bad repute.

3. Slang To have something to an extreme or offensive degree: a family that stinks with money; a deed that stinks of treachery.

4. Slang

a. To be of an extremely low or bad quality: This job stinks.

b. To have the appearance of dishonesty or corruption: Something about his testimony stinks.

v.tr.

To cause to stink: garbage that stinks up the yard.

n.

1. A strong offensive odor; a stench. See Synonyms at stench.

2. Slang A scandal or controversy: "the stink over sexual politics in the military" (David Nyhan).

Idiom:

make/raise a stink Slang

To make a great fuss.

---

[Middle English stinken, from Old English stincan, to emit a smell.]

---

stinky adj.

---

stink [stɪŋk]

n

1. a strong foul smell; stench

2. Slang a great deal of trouble (esp in the phrase to make or raise a stink)

like stink intensely; furiously

vb stinks, stinking, stank, stunk stunk (mainly intr)

1. to emit a foul smell

2. Slang to be thoroughly bad or abhorrent this town stinks

3. Informal to have a very bad reputation his name stinks

4. to be of poor quality

5. (foll by of or with) Slang to have or appear to have an excessive amount (of money)

6. (tr; usually foll by up) Informal to cause to stink See also stink out

[Old English stincan; related to Old Saxon stinkan, German stinken, Old Norse stökkva to burst; see stench]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	stink - a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant fetor, foetor, malodor, malodour, reek, stench, mephitis odour, olfactory perception, olfactory sensation, smell, odor - the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form; "she loved the smell of roses" niff, pong - an unpleasant smell
Verb	1.	stink - be extremely bad in quality or in one's performance; "This term paper stinks!" be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"
	2.	stink - smell badly and offensively; "The building reeks of smoke" reek smell - smell bad; "He rarely washes, and he smells" smell up, stink out, stink up - cause to smell bad; fill with a bad smell

---

stink

verb

1. reek, pong (Brit. informal), whiff (Brit. slang), stink to high heaven (informal), offend the nostrils We all stank and nobody minded.

2. (Slang) be bad, be no good, be rotten, be offensive, be abhorrent, have a bad name, be detestable, be held in disrepute I think their methods stink.

noun

1. stench, pong (Brit. informal), foul smell, foulness, malodour, fetor, noisomeness The stink was overpowering.

2. (Slang) fuss, to-do, row, upset, scandal, stir, disturbance, uproar, commotion, rumpus, hubbub, brouhaha, deal of trouble (informal) The family's making a hell of a stink.

Translations

stink [stɪŋk] (stank (vb: pt) (stunk (pp)))

A. N

1. (= smell) → peste f, hedor m
a stink of → un hedor a ...
the stink of corruption → el olor a corrupción

2. (fig) (= row, trouble) → lío m, follón m (Sp)
there was a tremendous stink about it → se armó un tremendo lío
to kick up or raise or make a stink → armar un escándalo

B. VI

1. to stink (of) → apestar(a), heder(a)
it stinks in here → aquí apesta

2. (= be very bad) the idea stinks → es una pésima idea
I think the plan stinks → creo que es un proyecto abominable
as a headmaster he stinks → como director es fatal

C. VT to stink the place out → infestar el lugar de olor

D. CPD stink bomb N → bomba f fétida

---

stink [ˈstɪŋk]

n

(= smell) → puanteur f

(= fuss) → foin m >
to kick up a stink about sth → faire tout un foin de qch

vi [stank] [ˈstæŋk] (pt) [stunk] [ˈstʌŋk] (pp)

(= smell) → puer, empester
It stinks in there! → Ça pue là-dedans!

[idea, methods] → puer
to stink of corruption → puer la corruption

---

stink vb: pret <stank>, ptp <stunk>

n

(lit: = unpleasant smell) → Gestank m → (of nach); (fig, of corruption etc) → (Ge)ruch m

(inf: = fuss, scandal) → Knatsch (inf), → Stunk (inf) m; to kick up or make a stink → Stunk machen (inf)

vi

(lit: = smell unpleasant) → stinken; it stinks in here → hier (drin) stinkts; it stinks to high heaven → das stinkt zum Himmel (inf)

(fig inf: = be bad) → sauschlecht or miserabel sein (inf); the idea stinks → das ist eine sauschlechte or miserable Idee (inf); the whole business stinks → die ganze Sache stinkt (inf)

---

stink [stɪŋk] (stank (vb: pt) (stunk (pp)))

1. n → puzza, fetore m
to raise or kick up a stink (fig) (fam) → scatenare un putiferio, piantare un casino

2. vi to stink (of) → puzzare (di)
it stinks in here → che puzza c'è qui
it stinks to high heaven → puzza tremendamente
the whole thing stinks (fig) (fam) → tutta la faccenda puzza

3. vt (also stink out) (room) → appestare

---

stink [stɪŋk] (stank (vb: pt) (stunk (pp)))

1. n → puzza, fetore m
to raise or kick up a stink (fig) (fam) → scatenare un putiferio, piantare un casino

2. vi to stink (of) → puzzare (di)
it stinks in here → che puzza c'è qui
it stinks to high heaven → puzza tremendamente
the whole thing stinks (fig) (fam) → tutta la faccenda puzza

3. vt (also stink out) (room) → appestare

---

stink

v stink [stiŋk]

to have a very bad smell That fish stinks; The house stinks of cats. stink يُنْتِن воня páchnout stinke stinken βρομάω apestar lehkama بوي بد دادن löyhkätä puer לְהַסרִיחַ बदबू आना या करना smrdjeti, zaudarati bűzlik berbau busuk lykta illa puzzare 悪臭を放つ 악취를 품기다 dvokti, smirdėti smakot; smirdēt berbau busuk stinken stinke, lukte vondt śmierdzieć cheirar mal a puţi, a mirosi urât вонять páchnuť smrdeti smrdeti stinka ส่งกลิ่นเหม็น kötü/pis kokmak 發惡臭 смердіти بد بو خارج کرنا có mùi khó chịu, hôi thối 发恶臭

n

a very bad smell What a stink! stank رائِحَةٌ مُنْتِنَه смрад puch stank der Gestank βρόμα peste, hedor lehk بوي بد löyhkä puanteur סִירָחוֹן दुर्गन्ध, बदबू smrad, smrdež bűz bau busuk fÿla puzza, fetore 悪臭 악취 dvokas, smarvė smirdoņa bau busuk stank stank, vond lukt smród fedor du­hoare, putoare вонь pach smrad smrad stank กลิ่นเหม็น pis/berbat koku 惡臭 сморід بد بو mùi khó chịu, hôi thối 恶臭

---

stink → رائحة كريهة, يَنْتِن smrad, smrdět stank, stinke Gestank, stinken βρομάω, δυσωδία apestar, hedor lemu, lemuta puanteur, puer smrad, smrditi puzza, puzzare 悪臭, 悪臭を放つ 악취, 악취가 나다 stank, stinken stank, stinke śmierdzieć, smród cheirar mal, feder, fedor, mau cheiro вонь, вонять stank, stinka กลิ่นเหม็น, ส่งกลิ่นเหม็น leş gibi kokma, leş gibi kokmak có mùi khó chịu, mùi hôi 发臭, 臭味