stank
Americanverb
noun
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a small cofferdam, esp one of timber made watertight with clay
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dialect a pond or pool
verb
noun
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a drain, as in a roadway
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a draining board adjacent to a sink unit
verb
Etymology
Origin of stank1
C13: from Old French estanc , probably from estancher to stanch
Origin of stank2
special use of stank ² (in the sense: pool, pond)
Example Sentences
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The sludge was greenish brown and it stank and moved.
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Turtle Beach stank, too—stank worse than a bad day at the Hissing Stones.
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It didn’t help that I stank of the filthy, fishy water in the boat, which had dried and crusted over me.
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Harry had acquired sixteen cats, but he didn’t take care of them; the most frequent comment that reporters and tourists had upon leaving the lodge was that it stank of cat urine.
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He stank of horses and left muddy boot prints on the floors that poor Svetlana had so recently scrubbed.
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