Meaning of Stinker | Babel Free

Definitions

1. One who stinks.
2. A contemptible person or thing.
   slang
3. Something difficult (e.g. a given puzzle) or unpleasant (e.g. negative review, nasty letter).
   slang
4. Something of poor quality.
   British, slang
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. A chemist.
   slang
7. A hot day.
   Australia, slang
8. A black eye.
   Australia, slang
9. A western grey kangaroo.
   Australia, informal
10. A giant petrel.
    colloquial

Equivalents

Examples

“Skunks are the worst stinkers in the animal kingdom.”

“"Stop⟳ squallin', you little stinker!" She struck the child with her open⟳ hand across the face⟳.”

“"But it's far worse for me," said Edmund, "because you'll at least have⟳ a room of your own⟳ and I shall have⟳ to share⟳ a bedroom with that record⟳ stinker, Eustace."”

“Never be a stinker, because if you are, though you may flourish for a time like⟳ a green bay tree, sooner or later retribution will overtake⟳ you.”

“When you are colonized by dangerous bacteria their presence in your body does no damage⟳. You become⟳ a reservoir for those little stinkers.”

“Today's crossword is a stinker.”

“I number⟳ several authors among my acquaintance […] and they invariably become⟳ all of a doodah when they read⟳ a stinker in the press⟳ about their latest effort.”

“I sat there seething with fury. And after I had seethed for a bit I rose from my chair, took pen in hand and wrote Bobbie a stinker. […] I accused her in set⟳ terms of giving me the heave-ho in order⟳ that she could mercenarily marry⟳ a richer man. I called her a carrot-topped Jezebel whom I was thankful to have⟳ got out of my hair. I... Oh, I can't remember⟳ what else I said but, as I say⟳, it was a stinker.”

“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⟳.”

“Steven Pinker, Rational Thinker: His new book is a stinker. [title]”

“Now it’s over, let’s come⟳ out and say⟳ it: The Rings of Power was a stinker [title]”

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