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stinks like a mackerel

stinks like a mackerel is the third-person singular simple present indicative of stink like a mackerel.

Meaning of stink like a mackerel

Verb

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

  1. (simile) To reek; to smell terrible.
  2. (figuratively, simile) To smell fishy, to stink to high heaven (to look extremely suspicious or unconvincing).
    • In summary, I think that the waterfront situation "stinks like a mackerel in the hot sunlight."1965, Fleet Owner - Volume 60, page 8

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What is stinks like a mackerel the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Stinks like a mackerel is the third-person singular simple present indicative of stink like a mackerel.

Words near stinks like a mackerel in the dictionary

  1. stinkpots
  2. stinks
  3. stinks a buzzard off a gut wagon
  4. stinks a dog off a gut wagon
  5. stinks a skunk off a gut wagon
  6. stinks like a mackerel
  7. stinks like a mackerel in the moonlight
  8. stinks like a mackerel in the sun
  9. stinks like a polecat
  10. stinks on ice
  11. stinks out

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