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(stinks, stinking, stank, stunk) 1. To stink means to smell extremely unpleasant. Get away from me–your breath stinks... The place stinks of fried onions... The pond stank like a sewer. VERB: V, V of n, V like n • Stink is also a noun. He was aware of the stink of stale beer on his breath... N-SING • stinking They were locked up in a stinking cell. ADJ 2. If you say that something stinks, you mean that you disapprove of it because it involves ideas, feelings, or practices that you do not like. (INFORMAL) I think their methods stink... The whole thing stinks of political corruption. VERB: V, V of n c darkgreen]disapproval 3. If someone makes a stink about something they are angry about, they show their anger in order to make people take notice. (INFORMAL) The tabloid press kicked up a stink about his seven-day visit. = fuss N-SING: a N
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I. intransitive verb (stank or stunk; stunk; ~ing) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English stincan; akin to Old High German ~an to emit a smell Date: before 12th century 1. to emit a strong offensive odor stank of urine 2. to be offensive the election stank of corruption; also to be in bad repute 3. to possess something to an offensive degree ~ing with wealth 4. to be extremely bad or unpleasant the performance stank that news really ~s • ~y adjective II. noun Date: 13th century 1. a strong offensive odor ; stench 2. a public outcry against something ; fuss made a big ~ when asked to leave ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v. & n. --v. (past stank or stunk; past part. stunk) 1 intr. emit a strong offensive smell. 2 tr. (often foll. by out) fill (a place) with a stink. 3 tr. (foll. by out etc.) drive (a person) out etc. by a stink. 4 intr. colloq. be or seem very unpleasant, contemptible, or scandalous. 5 intr. (foll. by of) colloq. have plenty of (esp. money). --n. 1 a strong or offensive smell; a stench. 2 colloq. a row or fuss (the affair caused quite a stink). Phrases and idioms like stink colloq. intensely; extremely hard or fast etc. (working like stink). stink bomb a device emitting a stink when exploded. Etymology: OE stincan ult. f. WG: cf. STENCH ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. зловоние, вонь 2. школ. жарг. химия; естественные науки 3. скандальная сенсация, скандал to raise a stink —- поднять скандал (шумиху), устроить шум; затеять склоку there was a big stink —- было много скандальных слухов 4. вонять, смердеть to stink of onion —- вонять луком that fish stinks —- эта рыба протухла 5. ам. сл. быть плохим, противным, отвратительным this book stinks —- это паршивая книга 6. (of, with) сл. иметь в избытке to stink of money —- купаться в деньгах to stink with wealth —- утопать в роскоши, купаться в богатстве Id: to stink in smb.'s nostrils —- вызывать отвращение у кого-л. Id: to stink to (high) heaven —- смердеть, невыносимо вонять; быть явно преступным, недопустимым и т. п. Id: the whole business stinks to high heaven —- все это дело плохо пахнет ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) зловоние, вонь 2) pl.; school; sl. химия; естественные науки 3) sl. скандал, шумиха; to raise a stink - поднять шум, устроить скандал Syn: see smell 2. v. 1) вонять; смердеть (of); The whole factory stank of decaying fish. 2) amer.; sl. быть отталкивающим, омерзительным; this book stinks - это отвратительная книга - stink out - stink up to stink of money sl. - быть очень богатым STINK out выгонять, выкуривать; If the rats wont eat the poison or gel caught in the traps, we may have to stink them out with this special chemical that animals hale. STINK up наполнять плохим запахом ...Англо-русский словарь
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~1 past tense stank, past participle stunk ~ v 1 to have a strong and very unpleasant smell (That paint stinks!) + of (The place stank of old fish.) it stinks (It stinks of smoke in here. | stink to high heaven (=stink very much)) 2 it stinks! spoken used to say that you do not like something ("What did you think of the show?" "It stank!") 3 to make you think that something dishonest has been done secretly (The whole business really stinks.) stink sth out BrE stink sth up AmE phr v to fill a place with a very unpleasant smell (Those onions are stinking the whole house out.) ~2 n 1 a terrible smell (What a stink!) + of (a stink of rotten eggs) 2 make/raise/cause etc a stink to complain very strongly because you are annoyed about something (I'm going to kick up a stink if they don't get us onto a flight soon.) 3 work/run/go like stink BrE to work etc as fast and as well as you can (We had to work like stink to meet the deadline.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- O.E. stincan "emit a smell of any kind" (class III strong verb; past tense stonc), from W.Gmc. *stenkwanan. O.E. swote stincan "to smell sweet," but offensive sense began O.E. and was primary by c.1250; smell now tends the same way. Meaning "be inept" is from 1225; meaning "drunk" first attested 1887; noun sense of "extensive fuss" first recorded 1812; stinking rich dates from 1956. To stink to high heaven first recorded 1963. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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