Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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adj
Foul-smelling, stinking, unclean.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory, not-comparable, slang
Qualifier: African-American Vernacular
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adj
Weak; worn out.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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name
A hamlet east of Barrow-in-Furness in Barrow parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Barrow-in-Furness district (OS grid ref SD2370).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A stink; a foul smell.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory, slang
Qualifier: African-American Vernacular
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noun
A certain quality, especially to jazz music, which is often desirable and can be achieved by, among other things, crunchy harmonies, blue notes and groovy rhythm
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang, uncountable
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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Synonyms: stankiness
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noun
Water retained by an embankment; a pool of water.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal
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noun
A dam or mound to stop water.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal
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verb
simple past of stink
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, past
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verb
To stink; to smell bad.
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verb
To cause to smell bad.
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verb
To dam up; to block the flow of water or other liquid.
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verb
To pack in tightly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
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verb
To seal off an area of the mine in which a fire has started.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
Topics: business, mining
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verb
To surround or guard.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To trample.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Cornwall
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verb
To stumble or lurch.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Cornwall
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verb
To cause (the udders) to become blocked and inflamed from lack of milking.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: dairying
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History
Respelling of stink, representing the thank-think merger. Compare thang.
From Old French estanc, or Italian stanco. See stanch (adjective).
From Old French estanc, (French étang), from Latin stagnum (“a pool”). Compare stagnant, stagnate.
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
