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stunk up

/stʌŋˈkʌp/

stunk up is the simple past and past participle 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 stunk up

What is stunk up the simple past and past participle of?
Stunk up is the simple past and past participle of stink up.
How do you pronounce stunk up?
Stunk up is pronounced /stʌŋˈkʌp/.

Words near stunk up in the dictionary

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

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