stinks - WordReference. com Dictionary of English to (cause to) give off a strong, bad smell: [no object] The kitchen stinks; what are you cooking in there?[~ + of + object] The hallways stank of cabbage and beer [~ + up + object] They stank up the hallways with the smell of sour herring
stink - definition and meaning - Wordnik To emit a strong offensive smell; send out a disgusting odor; hence, to be in bad odor; have a bad reputation; be regarded with disfavor To annoy with an offensive smell; affect in any way by an offensive odor noun A strong offensive smell; a disgusting odor; a stench noun Hell, regarded as a region of sulphurous smells (or of infamy?)