stank

Meanings

• Adjective

  Has a strong, unpleasant odor.

  - "The garbage can stank after being left open for days."
  - "The skunk's stank was strong enough to be detected a mile away."

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Pronunciation

1. /stæŋk/
   
   
   
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Synonyms

blow , suck , fishy , pong , reek

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with stank
ank , bank , blank , crank , spank , wank

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Variants

List of all variants of stank that leads to same result
stank , stink , stanks , stinkier , stinkiest , stinking , stinks , stinky , stunk , stank up , stink up , stinking up , stinks up , stunk up , stank out , stink out , stinking out , stinks out , stunk out

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Etymology

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Old English stencan, stankan, from stank 'stench, foul smell'.

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Trivia

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1. The word 'stank' is often used in music to describe a particular sound or style, such as 'stanky funk' or 'stanky blues'.

2. In some parts of the world, 'stank' is used as a verb to describe the act of standing or waiting for a long time, as in 'I had to stank in line for hours to get tickets to the concert'.

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Related Concepts

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1. stench: A very strong, unpleasant odor.

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Culture

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In literature, 'stank' is often used to describe unpleasant or disgusting situations. For example, in F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby', the character Tom Buchanan describes Daisy Buchanan's house as having a 'stale odor of wealth'.

How to Memorize "stank"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a garbage can or a skunk to remember the strong, unpleasant odor associated with the word 'stank'.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'stank' with the smell of garbage or a skunk.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic by remembering the S-T-A-N-K acronym, where each letter stands for a strong, terrible, awful, nasty, and kind of disgusting word or situation.

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