stinky

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Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
13
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈstɪŋki/

Definition of stinky

5 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Having a strong, unpleasant smell; stinking.
    “What is that stinky smell?”
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adj

  1. Having a strong, unpleasant smell; stinking.
    “What is that stinky smell?”
  2. (informal)Bad, undesirable.
    “1991, Theresa P. Gladden, Romancing Susan, Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 37, […] she walked over to the table and switched off the Walkman as she sat down. “Hey!” Nikki yelped. “That was a stinky thing to do. That was my favorite song.””
    “2003, Betty Levin, Shoddy Cove, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 151, “School all year round.” The father groaned. “What a good idea.” “Stupid, stinky idea,” a child remarked from across the room.”
    “2007, Aletha V. Smithson, “Pacifier Breaking” (poem), in As He Was Known, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 172, The binky drifted up and far away, To the man in the moon, I heard them say; A cute idea but a rotten stinky plan.”

noun

  1. (childish)A bowel movement; feces or diarrhoea

name

  1. A village in Kramatorsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.
  2. A village in Poltava Raion, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine.

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Etymology

From Middle English stinky, stynky, equivalent to stink + -y. Compare Dutch stinkig (“stinky, foul, rotten”), German stinkig (“stinky”), Hunsrik stinkich.

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