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stinks out

stinks out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of stink out.

Meaning of stink out

Verb

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

  1. (informal, transitive) To cause to stink; to fill with stench.
    • The broccoli really stank out the refrigerator.
  2. (figuratively, informal, transitive) To perform very badly in (a place).
  3. (informal, transitive) To drive away from a place by a stink.
    • They could build a fertilizer factory and stink you out.1985 January 3, “Zoning Could Protect Pender”, in Star-News, Wilmington, NC

Questions about stinks out

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

Words near stinks out in the dictionary

  1. stinks like a mackerel
  2. stinks like a mackerel in the moonlight
  3. stinks like a mackerel in the sun
  4. stinks like a polecat
  5. stinks on ice
  6. stinks out
  7. stinks to high heaven
  8. stinks up
  9. stinksome
  10. stinkstone
  11. stinkstones

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