stanky

English

Etymology

From stank +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -æŋki

Adjective

stanky (comparative more stanky, superlative most stanky)

  1. (slang) smelly; stinky
    • 1980 December 13, Mitzel, “Dale Barbre's Murder Transformed”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 21, page 13:
      A gross-gutted, bulb-nosed, bourbon-stanky Boston flatfoot in plain clothes wrinkled white sox, with a race track tip-sheet stuffed in his back pocket trying real hard to mingle unnoticed at an elegant Buddies "do" to glean inside-dope.
    • 2010, Kevin Mills, Baby Codes: 101 Winning Combinations to Help Your Baby Sleep:
      As fun as fish are to watch, they require a lot of fish food, and fish food makes fish poop, and pooping fish make for a stanky tank after too long. Just say no to stanky tanks.
    • 2021 April 18, Christy Stratton & Erin Wagoner, “Hoot 'N Haw” (0:29 from the start), in Bless the Harts‎[1], season 2, episode 18, spoken by Jenny Hart (Kristen Wiig):
      “I don't know what happened, but the skunks have had a very horny springtime.” “Well, that horny springtime is turning into a very stanky summer. You need to clean this up.”

Derived terms

Adjective

stanky (comparative stankier, superlative stankiest)

  1. (slang, chiefly of jazz music) Having the quality called stank, i.e. jazzy, funky, good.
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