stank 1 of 2

British dialect
as in puddle
a small often deep body of water the Scottish innkeeper advised swimming in the nearby stank only if the prospect of hypothermia seemed appealing

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stank

2 of 2

verb

variants or stunk
past tense of stink
1
as in smelled
to give off an extremely unpleasant smell the dog stinks because she tangled with a skunk again

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2
as in sucked
to be objectionable or unsatisfactory their team really stinks this year

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Noun
  • The two friends straight-lined it down the hill, crossing the freezing murky puddle.
    Anna Fiorentino, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Our test included leaving sealed tumblers upside-down for 30 minutes, and every single one left a puddle on the counter.
    Adam Campbell-Schmitt, Bon Appetit Magazine, 15 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Officers patrolling on an upper level of the subway station then smelled and saw smoke, and went to investigate, according to Tisch.
    Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Officers on a routine patrol at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue subway station smelled and saw smoke and discovered the woman on fire, standing in the middle of the subway car.
    Susan Haigh, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • If Rowan sucked at her job, she’d be fired.
    Emma Aerin Becker, People.com, 25 Dec. 2024
  • Liverpool need to play a smart game and not get sucked into a frantic contest like United did.
    Oli Gamp, The Athletic, 22 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Because the Attorney General has chosen to proceed in this way, Mr. Mangione’s Due Process rights have already been violated and the manner in which the Government has acted has prejudiced the grand jury pool and has corrupted the grand jury process.
    Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 11 Apr. 2025
  • The move is designed to help fuel Dorothy St. Pictures’ ambitions to grow its talent pool in the U.K. and U.S. and expand its development of premium nonfiction series and docs, as well as its narrative film slate, to further genres and platforms.
    Peter White, Deadline, 10 Apr. 2025
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“Stank.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stank. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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