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stank up

stank up is the simple past of stink up.

Meaning of stink up

Verb

stink up (third-person singular simple present stinks up, present participle stinking up, simple past stank up, past participle stunk up)

  1. (informal, transitive) To cause to stink.
    • The broccoli really stank up the refrigerator.
  2. (figuratively, informal, transitive) To perform very badly in (a place).
    • That's what the Bengals did again Sunday, when, in Wilkinson's words, they "stunk up the joint" in a 31-14 loss to the New York Jets at Cinergy Field.1997 September 29, “BENGALS `STUNK UP THE JOINT'”, in Dayton Daily News

Questions about stank up

What is stank up the simple past of?
Stank up is the simple past of stink up.

Words near stank up in the dictionary

  1. stank like a mackerel in the sun
  2. stank like a polecat
  3. stank on ice
  4. stank out
  5. stank to high heaven
  6. stank up
  7. stank-ass
  8. stank-asses
  9. Stanke
  10. stanked
  11. Stankes

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