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stinks up

stinks up is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 stinks up

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

Words near stinks up in the dictionary

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

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