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stinky

adj
/ˈstɪŋki/

Etymology

From Middle English stinky, stynky, equivalent to stink + -y. Compare Dutch stinkig (“stinky, foul, rotten”), German stinkig (“stinky”), Hunsrik stinkich.

  1. inherited from stinky

Definitions

  1. Having a strong, unpleasant smell

    Having a strong, unpleasant smell; stinking.

    • What is that stinky smell?

  2. 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.

  3. A bowel movement

    A bowel movement; feces or diarrhoea

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A village in Kramatorsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.

    2. A village in Poltava Raion, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for stinky. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA