stinkpot

[stingk-pot]

noun

1. Also called stinkball. a jar containing combustibles or other materials that generate offensive and suffocating vapors, formerly used in warfare.

2. Informal.,  a stinker; meany.

3. a common musk turtle, Sternotherus odoratus, of the eastern and southern U.S., that sometimes climbs trees along the water's edge.

stinkpot

/ ˈstɪŋkˌpɒt /

noun

1. slang,  a person or thing that stinks

2. slang,  a person considered to be unpleasant

3. another name for musk turtle

4. Also called: stink ball. military (formerly) a container filled with material that gives off noxious or suffocating vapours

Word History and Origins

Origin of stinkpot¹

First recorded in 1655–65; stink + pot ¹

Example Sentences

Andrew Farren, a former trustee who lives near the Joels, worried that a stable would be “a stinkpot.”

From Washington Times

"This city is full of stinkpots like our little friend here. Let your guard down, and they'll take you for everything you've got."

From Literature

Southern giant petrels, big black seabirds also called Antarctic giant petrels, giant fulmars, stinkers, and stinkpots, flew in formation.

From New York Times

Labeling touchy new mothers “stinkpots”? Omitting the mother when charting the provenance of a grandchild?

From Washington Post

Sure, I'm going out with him again, you little stinkpot.

From Project Gutenberg