Hypertext Webster Gateway: "stink"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Stink \Stink\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Stunk}, {Stank}, p. pr. &
vb. n. {Stinking}.] [AS. stinkan to have a smell (whether
good or bad); akin to OHG. stinchan, G. & D. stinken to
stink; of uncertain origin; cf. Icel. st["o]kkva to leap, to
spring, Goth. stigqan to push, strike, or Gr. ? rancid. Cf.
{Stench}.]
To emit a strong, offensive smell; to send out a disgusting
odor.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Stink \Stink\, v. t.
To cause to stink; to affect by a stink.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Stink \Stink\, n. [AS. stinc.]
A strong, offensive smell; a disgusting odor; a stench.
{Fire stink}. See under {Fire}.
{Stink-fire lance}. See under {Lance}.
{Stink rat} (Zo["o]l.), the musk turtle. [Local, U.S.]
{Stink shad} (Zo["o]l.), the gizzard shad. [Local, U.S.]
{Stink trap}, a stench trap. See under {Stench}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
stink
n : a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant [syn: {malodor},
{malodour}, {stench}, {reek}, {fetor}, {foetor}]
v 1: be extremely bad in quality or in one's performance; "This
term paper stinks!"
2: smell to heaven [syn: {reek}]
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