stank

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  1. verb A past tense of stink.

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  • It also stank, a combination of sulfur and musk so strong it would have brought tears to the eyes of a skunk. —  Werehunter
  • The room really stank, and you could see the signs of strain on people's faces. —  Bravo-Two-Zero
  • The whole business stank, and it created a real problem. —  The Spellsong War
  • The water -- what there was of it in the holes and swampy places -- stank, and tasted acrid. —  The Ivory Trail
  • The place stank, my God did it stink! —  Noble House
 

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  1. English dial. also assibilated stanch (see stanch); from Middle English stank, stanc, staunke, stang, from Old French estang, French étang (Walloon estank, stanke) = Provencal estanc = Spanish estanque = Portuguese tanque (Middle Latin stanca), a dam to hem in water, from Latin stagnum, a pool of stagnant water: see stagnate, stagnant. Cf. stanch; also cf. tank.
  2. from stank, n., or perhaps an unassibilated form of the related verb stanch, q. v.
  3. Early modern English also stanck, stanke; from Old French estanc, tired, = Provencal estanc, still, immovable, = Italian stanco, tired; cf. Spanish estanco, = Portuguese estanque, water-tight, stanch: see stanch, staunch, a doublet of stank.
 

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