verb
    
    /ˈstɪŋk/  stinks; stank /ˈstæŋk/ or stunk /ˈstʌŋk/; stunk; stinking
    
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    to have a very bad smell
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    informal
    
    to do something very poorly
    
    
    
    to be very low in quality
    
    
    
    
    
    to be very unpleasant, unfair, etc.
    
    
    
    
    
    stink up
    
    US or Brit stink out [phrasal verb]
    
    stink (something) up/out or stink up/out (something) :to give a very bad smell to (something)
    
    
    
    stink up the joint
    
    
    
    noun
    
    [singular] a very bad smell
    
    
    
    informal :a situation in which someone complains in a very angry and often public way