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stanks

stanks is the plural of stank.

stanks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of stank.

Meaning of stank

Noun (1)

stank (plural stanks)

  1. (derogatory, slang, African-American Vernacular) A stink; a foul smell.

Noun (2)

stank (uncountable)

  1. (slang) A certain quality, especially to jazz music, which is often desirable and can be achieved by, among other things, crunchy harmonies, blue notes and groovy rhythm
    Synonyms:
    stankiness

Noun (3)

stank (plural stanks)

  1. (UK, dialectal) Water retained by an embankment; a pool of water.
    • And he [the hart] fleeth then mightily and far from the hounds, that is to say he hath gone a great way from them, then he will go into the stank, and will soil therein once or twice in all the stank and then he will come out again by the same way that he went in, and then he shall ruse again the...c. 1425, Edward, Second Duke of York [i.e., Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York], “Of the Hart and His Nature”, in W[illia]m A[dolf] Baillie-Grohman, F[lorence] Baillie-Grohman, editors, The Master...
  2. (UK, dialectal) A dam or mound to stop water.

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Questions about stanks

What is stanks the plural of?
Stanks is the plural of stank.

Words near stanks in the dictionary

  1. Stankovich
  2. Stankoviches
  3. Stankovics
  4. Stankowski
  5. Stankowskis
  6. stanks
  7. stanky
  8. stanky leg
  9. stanky legs
  10. Stanley
  11. Stanley and Stanley Common

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