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stinking

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?st??k??/
  • Rhymes: -??k??

Etymology 1

From Middle English stynkynge, stinkinge, stinkinde, stinkende, stynkande, stynkand, from Old English stincende, from Proto-Germanic *stinkwandz (“stinking”), present participle of Proto-Germanic *stinkwan? (“to stink”), equivalent to stink +? -ing. Cognate with Dutch stinkend (“stinking, stinky”), German stinkend (“stinking, stinky”), Danish stinkende (“stinking, stinky”), Norwegian stinkende (“stinking, stinky”).

Adjective

stinking (comparative more stinking, superlative most stinking)

  1. Having a pungent smell.
  2. Very bad and undesirable.
  3. (euphemistic) An intensifier, a hypallage.
Translations

Verb

stinking

  1. present participle of stink

Etymology 2

From Middle English stinkinge, stynkynge, equivalent to stink +? -ing.

Noun

stinking (plural stinkings)

  1. The emission of a foul smell.

Middle English

Noun

stinking

  1. Alternative form of stynkynge

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reeking

English

Alternative forms

  • reekin (Geordie)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??i?k??/
  • Rhymes: -i?k??

Verb

reeking

  1. present participle of reek

Adjective

reeking (not comparable)

  1. Totally stinking.

Translations

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