Hypertext Webster Gateway: "stinking"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Stinking \Stink"ing\,
a. & n. from {Stink}, v.
{Stinking badger} (Zo["o]l.), the teledu.
{Stinking cedar} (Bot.), the California nutmeg tree; also, a
related tree of Florida ({Torreya taxifolia}).
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 WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
stinking
adj 1: (informal) very bad; "a lousy play"; "it's a stinking world"
[syn: {icky}, {crappy}, {lousy}, {rotten}, {shitty}, {stinky}]
2: offensively malodorous; "a putrid smell" [syn: {fetid}, {foetid},
{foul}, {foul-smelling}, {funky}, {noisome}, {smelly}, {putrid}]
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