Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Preterit and past participle of stink.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • imp. & p. p. of stink.

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  • verb Past participle of stink

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Examples

  • He did not use the word "stunk"; he used a vulgar expression that cannot be repeated on the blog of a family newspaper.

    NYT > Home Page By STUART ELLIOTT 2011

  • The arguments for government sponsored bailouts stunk from the beginning; and the results we are getting haven't changed that.

    Obscenity in the Times (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

  • We stunk from the start of the game to the end of the game.

    National Hockey League - Maple Leafs vs. Islanders 2002

  • Kat was my kitten whose name stunk in our nostrils? '

    Privy Seal His Last Venture Ford Madox Ford 1906

  • The reality is that, despite the fact that you thought it was a great idea, the idea stunk!

    Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz 2009

  • Second, you are a meanie...well sort of, I know that I have looked ahead in a race and just thought "Oh I can pick it up just a little to beat the man in the blue shirt" and it feels so good to have that small victory even if you kind of stunk up the whole race.

    I'm a meanie... Matthew Buckley 2008

  • And for the most part, I kind of stunk up the joint.

    CNN Transcript Jun 14, 2008 2008

  • Lester said his start "stunk," which is fair enough.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2010

  • "The first inning kind of stunk," Sheets admitted.

    Oakland Athletics News 2010

  • "From the beginning, I've thought that the deal Goldman Sachs got via Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner on their bad bets through AIG kind of stunk," DeFazio says.

    Articles on National Review Online Robert Costa 2010

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