Found 2 items, similar to Stank.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: stank stink v 1: be extremely bad in quality or in one's performance; “This term paper stinks!” 2: smell badly and offensively; “The building reeks of smoke” [syn: reek] [also: stunk, stank] stink n : a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant [syn: malodor, malodour, stench, reek, fetor, foetor, mephitis] [also: stunk, stank] stank See stink
English → English (gcide) Definition: Stank Stank \Stank\ (st[a^][ng]k), a. [OF. estanc, or It. stanco. See Stanch, a.] Weak; worn out. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster] Stank \Stank\, v. i. [Cf. Sw. st[*a]nka to pant. [root]165.] To sigh. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] Stank \Stank\, imp. of Stink. Stunk. [1913 Webster] Stank \Stank\, n. [OF. estang, F. ['e]tang, from L. stagnum a pool. Cf. Stagnate, Tank a cistern.] 1. Water retained by an embankment; a pool of water. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] --Robert of Brunne. [1913 Webster] 2. A dam or mound to stop water. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] Stank hen (Zo["o]l.), the moor hen; -- called also stankie. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] Stink \Stink\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Stunk, Stank, p. pr. & vb. n. Stinking.] [AS. stinkan to have a smell (whether good or bad); akin to OHG. stinchan, G. & D. stinken to stink; of uncertain origin; cf. Icel. st["o]kkva to leap, to spring, Goth. stigqan to push, strike, or Gr. ? rancid. Cf. Stench.] To emit a strong, offensive smell; to send out a disgusting odor. [1913 Webster]