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The correct spelling is stank.

How to pronounce stank

/stæŋk/
verb

IPA: /stæŋk/

Say it like: Sta-nk

The correct spelling is stank. To have a strong bad smell. For example: "That movie stinks. I didn't even stay for the end."

Usage Examples

That movie stinks. I didn't even stay for the end.

Something stinks about the politician's excuses.

Meanings

verb

  1. 1.To have a strong bad smell.
  2. 2.To be greatly inferior; to perform badly.
  3. 3.To give an impression of dishonesty or untruth.
  4. 4.To cause to stink; to affect by a stink.
  5. 5.To sigh.

adjective

  1. 1.Foul-smelling, stinking, unclean.
  2. 2.Weak; worn out

noun

  1. 1.Water retained by an embankment; a pool of water.
  2. 2.A dam or mound to stop water.

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