stinking

  • 11stinking — stink|ing [ stıŋkıŋ ] adjective INFORMAL 1. ) with a very unpleasant smell: mountains of stinking garbage 2. ) SPOKEN very unpleasant: I had a stinking cold. stinking rich very rich …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 12stinking — Adj. 1. Extremely objectionable. E.g. That stinking idiot deserves all he got. 2. Wealthy. A shortening of stinking rich. E.g. She can afford it, she s stinking. 3. Drunk …

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  • 13stinking — UK [ˈstɪŋkɪŋ] / US adjective informal 1) with a very unpleasant smell mountains of stinking rubbish 2) spoken very unpleasant I had a stinking cold. • stinking rich …

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  • 14stinking —  1. Considerably.    ♣ Stinking rich, drunk, etc.  2. Obnoxious. Very disagreeable.    ♣ A stinking cold.  3. Strongly worded (complaint, letter, criticism, etc.).  4. stinking with Having much (usu. money) …

    A concise dictionary of English slang

  • 15stinking — [[t]stɪ̱ŋkɪŋ[/t]] 1) ADJ: ADJ n You use stinking to describe something that is unpleasant or bad. [INFORMAL] I had a stinking cold. 2) → See also stink …

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  • 16stinking —    very drunk    Probably not from your stinking of drink but from the meaning exceedingly, as in stinking rich. At one time corrupted to stinko:     Are you stinko? (Chandler, 1953) …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 17stinking — /ˈstɪŋkɪŋ/ (say stingking) adjective 1. foul smelling. 2. Colloquial disgusting; disgraceful. 3. Colloquial drunk. 4. Colloquial very rich. 5. Colloquial (an intensifier, used with negative force): stinking bastard. –adverb 6 …

  • 18stinking — adj. & adv. adj. 1 that stinks. 2 sl. very objectionable. adv. sl. extremely and usu. objectionably (stinking rich). Phrases and idioms: stinking badger a teledu. Derivatives: stinkingly adv …

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  • 19Stinking — 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,… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 20stinking — adjective a) Having a pungent smell. Despite leading the way for years, the new model is really stinking b) Very bad and undesirable …

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