Past tense of stink
irregular verb
The past tense of stink is stank or stunk. The past participle is stunk.
Forms of stink
| Base form (V1) | stink /stɪŋk/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | stank /stæŋk/ stunk /stʌŋk/ |
| Past participle (V3) | stunk /stʌŋk/ |
| Present participle | stinking /ˈstɪŋkɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | stinks |
Stank and stunk in a sentence
- The parish stank of idolatry, abominable rites were practiced in secret, and in all the bounds there was no one had a more evil name for the black traffic than one Alison Sempill, who bode at the Skerburnfoot.1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide
- His mouth stank and his teeth were rotten.From the entry rotten
- The broccoli really stank up the refrigerator.From the entry stink up
- The broccoli really stank out the refrigerator.From the entry stink out
- So the stank, the swagger about her businessness of her aesthetic, her style.2021 February 4, Wesley Morris, Jenna Wortham, “Best of the Archives: Aretha Franklin”, in Still Processing (podcast), spoken by Jenna…. From the entry businessness
Meaning of stink
- verb To have a strong bad smell.
- verb To be greatly inferior; to perform badly.
- verb To give an impression of dishonesty, untruth, or sin.
Verbs like stink
Questions about the past tense of stink
- What is the past tense of stink?
- The past tense of stink is stank or stunk.
- What is the past participle of stink?
- The past participle of stink is stunk.
- Is stink a regular or irregular verb?
- Stink is an irregular verb: its past tense is not formed with -ed.
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