(v. i.) To emit a strong, offensive smell; to send out a disgusting odor.
(v. t.) To cause to stink; to affect by a stink.
(n.) A strong, offensive smell; a disgusting odor; a stench.
Example Sentences:
(1) Ken Livingstone's campaign said: "It stinks of the abuse of public resources for the Conservative party to appropriate the official social media of the mayor.
(2) But nothing has been done about the stinking open sewers that run through the densely packed community and overflow whenever there is heavy rain.
(3) Those Lords resisting an elected chamber had better prove their vaunted independence by kicking up an almighty stink at being denied any voice in the main cuts legislation whizzing through Westminster.
(4) Rare that a story stinks from every possible angle: the source, the content, the consequence, the messenger, the target,” tweeted Wolfgang Blau, chief digital officer of Condé Nast International and a former Guardian executive.
(5) For many people in this former railway town, the lies told by a politician do not stink as much as the pooch problem.
(6) Candidate members of the family include kangaroo hepatitis virus (KHV) and stink snake hepatitis virus (SSHV).
(7) wen we 1st met at one of her regular dog fights, i was bein sick cos of all the blood and she came up 2 me and sed 'all dogs deserve to suffr cos they stink and they are stupid'.
(8) But the wages still stink, the hours are still brutal, and the children are still there, stitching away in the backstreets of the slums.
(9) Some Romney supporters might argue that this election is still about the economy and the economy stinks – bad for the incumbent.
(10) And when you ask someone who’s passed along some specious “don’t get raped” tips or suggested a self-defense class to a woman concerned about rapes in her neighborhood what they were thinking, they’re likely to respond with something like “Better safe than sorry!” Translation: Even if what I’m telling you to remember is a pile of stinking horseshit, you should still engage in this ritualized expression of anxiety with me, because it makes me feel slightly better about things I can’t control.
(11) This time it was so obviously, demonstratively false, that it cut through the usual stink cloud of dubious accuracy that hovers over Fox at all times, and caused international outrage as opposed to just tweaking American liberals.
(12) They marched with signs that read, “Fear City, Stink City and now, Stupid City.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest Striking New York garbagemen stand by signs reading “Stink City” AND “Abe is nuts”.
(13) Jeremy, stinking and stinging rather than digging for interview victory, can't match what James O'Brien of LBC did to Farage last month .
(14) One minute it's all "when will you WAKE UP to the fact that your STINKING LIBERAL MANURE has DESTROYED THIS COUNTRY" and the next thing you know, you'll get a message saying, "Sorry I was testy, I just got stuck in traffic on my way back from the garden centre."
(15) The alarm call came a year later, when he woke up on the sofa one morning, stinking of booze, with his baby son crawling on him and half a can of beer on the floor next to him.
(16) Twice, Dughan boarded pitching, stinking decks to transmit to them close-up footage, from which they learnt nothing.
(17) Shami Chakrabarti has undermined the education system she argues for | Frances Ryan Read more It’s the system that stinks, of course, and it has to be fought at the policy level, not by individuals at the school gates.
(18) But what sticks in my craw is the sheer stinking, blunted crapness of them.
(19) The air stinks, the water stinks, and even the fish and crabs caught in Bodo creek smell of pure "sweet bonny" light crude oil.
(20) It is a real education for people as well to see seaweed as a food and not as the slimy green, black stuff that you find stinking and rotting on the beach,” he adds.
Swink
Definition:
(v. i.) To labor; to toil; to salve.
(v. t.) To cause to toil or drudge; to tire or exhaust with labor.
(v. t.) To acquire by labor.
(n.) Labor; toil; drudgery.
Example Sentences:
(1) RI: Game Feel – Steve Swink Homo Ludens – Johan Huizinga Rules of Play: Game Design Fundamentals – Katie Salen and Eric Zimmerman Understanding Comics – Scott McCloud As for videos: Juice It or Lose It , Say How You play , and anything on Game Talks .