- past tense form of stink.
stank
Americanverb
noun
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a small cofferdam, esp one of timber made watertight with clay
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dialect a pond or pool
verb
noun
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a drain, as in a roadway
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a draining board adjacent to a sink unit
verb
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
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"Everything was foggy, you couldn't open the window and it stank," she said, showing a picture on her phone of an orange glow partially obscured by thick smoke clouds that had turned the air black.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
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 ● Apr. 24, 2024
He found a place in Astana in an apartment that stank of cat.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 11, 2024
Black singers get it: You’re practicing the art of stank.
From New York Times ● May 25, 2023
She was a stranger and stank of dog, but I licked her palm as if it were a golden plate.
From "Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village" by Laura Amy Schlitz
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