stink

/stɪŋk/ verb [I] (past tense and past participle stank, also US stunk, past participle stunk)

Definition

SMELL › to smell very bad: The kitchen stinks of fish.

BAD informal › to be very bad and dishonest: If you ask me, the whole affair stinks.

(Definition of stink verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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