stank

American  

[stangk] / stæŋk /

verb

1. a simple past tense of stink.

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stank ¹ British  

/ stæŋk /

noun

1. a small cofferdam, esp one of timber made watertight with clay

2. dialect a pond or pool

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verb

1. (tr) to make (a stream, cofferdam, etc) watertight, esp with clay

stank ² British  

/ stæŋk /

noun

1. a drain, as in a roadway

2. a draining board adjacent to a sink unit

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stank ³ British  

/ stæŋk /

verb

1. a past tense of stink

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Etymology

Origin of stank¹

C13: from Old French estanc , probably from estancher to stanch

Origin of stank²

special use of _stank ² (in the sense: pool, pond)

Example Sentences

He stank of horses and left muddy boot prints on the floors that poor Svetlana had so recently scrubbed.

From Literature

"The sewage was overflowing and flowing directly into the river, and going into the children's playground. It stank in summertime," she said.

From BBC

He visited Los Angeles in 1926 and declared that “the whole place stank of orange blossoms.”

From Los Angeles Times

And if the pitch stank, Borzello wouldn’t be afraid to say so.

From Los Angeles Times

The rules stank, but the rules were the rules, and everyone knew them, and Bush allegedly broke them, and no shiny trophy is going to change that.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

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