verb
cause to smell bad; fill with a bad smell
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Somebody ——s something
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transitive verb : to drive out by or as if by subjecting to an offensive or suffocating odor
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stink out (informal)
1. To drive out by a bad smell
2. To fill (a room, etc) with a bad smell
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Main Entry: ↑stink
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ˌstink ˈout [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they stink out he/she/it stinks out present participle stinking out past tense stank out stunk out past participle stunk out] phrasal verb
to make a place smell very unpleasant
I’ve had enough of them stinking the place out with their cigarette smoke.
Main entry: stink
Useful english dictionary. 2012.