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stinking

The correct spelling is stinking.

How to pronounce stinking

verb

IPA: /ˈstɪŋkɪŋ/

Say it like: Sti-nki-ng

The correct spelling is stinking. 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.

Despite leading the way for years, the new model is really stinking.

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.

adjective

  1. 1.Having a pungent smell.
  2. 2.Very bad and undesirable.
  3. 3.An intensifier, a minced oath.

noun

  1. 1.The emission of a foul smell.

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