stink

IPA(Pronunciation)

/stɪŋk/

Verb

intransitive informal transitive

(intransitive) To have a strong bad smell. / (intransitive, informal) To be greatly inferior; to perform badly. / (intransitive) To give an impression of dishonesty, untruth, or sin.

Japanese Meaning

強い悪臭を放つ（悪臭がする） / 非常に劣っている、出来が悪い / 不正直や虚偽、罪の印象を与える

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If you leave socks in the gym bag, they will stink after a few days.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

ジムバッグに靴下を入れたままにしておくと、数日で臭くなる。

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Sense（1）

(intransitive) To have a strong bad smell.

Sense（2）

(intransitive, informal) To be greatly inferior; to perform badly.

That movie stinks. I didn't even stay for the end.

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Sense（3）

(intransitive) To give an impression of dishonesty, untruth, or sin.

Something stinks about the politician's excuses.

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Sense（4）

(transitive) To cause to stink; to affect by a stink.

stinks

（ present singular third-person ）

stinking

（ participle present ）

stank

（ past ）

stunk

（ past ）

stunk

（ participle past ）

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