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English

Etymology

slink +? -er

Noun

slinker (plural slinkers)

1. One who slinks.
   • P. G. Wodehouse

     He paws! He's a slinker and a prowler and a leerer. He's a pest and a worm!

Anagrams

• Kerlins, Kinsler, Linkers, Sinkler, linkers, relinks

Swedish

Verb

slinker

1. present tense of slinka.

English

Etymology

stink +? -er

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /st??.k?(?)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /st??.k?/
• Rhymes: -??k?(r)

Noun

stinker (plural stinkers)

1. One who stinks.

2. (slang) A contemptible person.
   • I won't date Mary Jane again. I thought she was a stinker to leave before the end of the movie.
3. (slang) Something difficult (e.g. a given puzzle) or unpleasant (e.g. negative review, nasty letter).
4. (Britain, slang) Something of poor quality.
   • April 19 2002, Scott Tobias, AV Club Dark Tide[2]

     The barely-released stinker Dark Tide continues Stockwell’s fetishistic pattern, coming alive whenever it’s paddling among the sharks off the South African coast and settling in for a long snooze once it gets back on the boat or reaches dry land.

5. Any of several species of large Antarctic petrels which feed on blubber and carrion and have an offensive odour, such as the giant fulmar.
6. (slang) A chemist.
7. (Australia, slang) A hot day.

Synonyms

• (a person who stinks): stinkard
• (a contemptible person): creep, rotter, scoundrel, stinkard
• (something difficult or unpleasant): hatchet job, nastygram
• (something of poor quality): clunker

Derived terms

• wanker (fish)

Related terms

• stink

Translations

Anagrams

• Inkster, Kinters, Kirsten, Kistner, Kristen, reknits, skinter, striken, tinkers

Swedish

Verb

stinker

1. present of stinka

Anagrams

• Kerstin, kristen, kristne, skrinet