Stink | Mean of stink in English Dictionary

/ˈstɪŋk/

• Verb
• to have a very bad smell
1. These dirty clothes stink.
2. Something stinks in here.
3. His clothes stank of dead fish.
4. Something stinks about his story. [=something about his story does not seem true or honest]
5. The whole project stinks of corruption.
• to do something very poorly
1. I stink at golf. [=I'm a very bad golfer]
• to be very low in quality
1. The movie stunk. [=the movie was very bad]
2. The food is good at that restaurant, but the service stinks.

• to be very unpleasant, unfair, etc.
1. Having a root canal stinks.
2. It stinks that you can't stay longer. [=I'm very sorry/disappointed that you can't stay longer]
• to give a very bad smell to (something)
1. His cigars stink up the house.
• Noun
• a very bad smell
1. the stink of garbage
• a situation in which someone complains in a very angry and often public way
1. She caused (quite) a stink when her request was refused.
2. People raised a stink about the new law.
3. He kicked up a stink about the way he'd been treated.