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Meaning of stanky | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. smelly; stinky
  2. Having the quality called stank, i.e. jazzy, funky, good.

Examples

“A gross-gutted, bulb-nosed, bourbon-stanky Boston flatfoot in plain clothes wrinkled white sox, with a race track tip-sheet stuffed in his back pocket trying real hard to mingle unnoticed at an elegant Buddies "do" to glean inside-dope.”
“As fun as fish are to watch, they require a lot of fish food, and fish food makes fish poop, and pooping fish make for a stanky tank after too long. Just say no to stanky tanks.”
““I don't know what happened, but the skunks have had a very horny springtime.” “Well, that horny springtime is turning into a very stanky summer. You need to clean this up.””

CEFR level

B1
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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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