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stunk out

stunk out is the past participle 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 stunk out

What is stunk out the past participle of?
Stunk out is the past participle of stink out.

Words near stunk out in the dictionary

  1. stunk like a mackerel
  2. stunk like a mackerel in the moonlight
  3. stunk like a mackerel in the sun
  4. stunk like a polecat
  5. stunk on ice
  6. stunk out
  7. stunk to high heaven
  8. stunk up
  9. Stunkard
  10. stunlock
  11. stunlocked

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