stinky
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/ˈstɪŋki/
Definition of stinky
5 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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Having a strong, unpleasant smell; stinking.
“What is that stinky smell?”
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adj
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Having a strong, unpleasant smell; stinking.
“What is that stinky smell?”
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(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
- (childish)A bowel movement; feces or diarrhoea
name
- A village in Kramatorsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.
- A village in Poltava Raion, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
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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