Dictionary entry

Stink

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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. stökkva 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.