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stinked

stinked is the simple past and past participle of stink.

Meaning of stink

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To have a strong bad smell.
    Synonyms:
    pong, reek
  2. (informal, intransitive, stative) To be greatly inferior; to perform badly.
    • That movie stinks. I didn't even stay for the end.
    Synonyms:
    suck, blow
  3. (intransitive) To give an impression of dishonesty, untruth, or sin.
    • Something stinks about the politician's excuses.
    Synonyms:
    be fishy
  4. (transitive) To cause to stink; to affect by a stink.

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Questions about stinked

What is stinked the simple past and past participle of?
Stinked is the simple past and past participle of stink.

Words near stinked in the dictionary

  1. stinkbush
  2. stinkbushes
  3. stinkcat
  4. stinkcats
  5. stinkdamp
  6. stinked
  7. stinker
  8. stinker-upper
  9. stinker-uppers
  10. stinkerdom
  11. stinkeroo

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