stink

stink

1. noun, slang A great fuss or ruckus; a lot of trouble. Used especially in the phrase "make/raise a stink" or similar variations. My mom raised a stink when the store refused to accept her return without a receipt. One of the customers is making a stink about the service charge we included on his bill.
2. noun, slang Something scandalous, controversial, or especially unpleasant. The stink of his association with the corrupt company continues to follow him to this day. He knew it was just a matter of time before the stink surrounding him caught the attention of the authorities.
3. verb, slang To be especially bad, abhorrent, or inferior in quality. Your plan stinks, Tom! There's no way it would work! The timing of this audit just really stinks. The first film was an overlooked classic, but the two sequels both stink.
4. verb, slang To be or seem extremely disreputable, suspicious, or corrupt. This deal between the company and the mayor's office stinks, if you ask me. I'd be willing to bet that someone's pocket is being lined. This city stank to high heaven before I came in and brought some law and order to it.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

stink

1. in. to be repellent; to be suspicious and poorly planned. (Of schemes and plots.) This whole setup stinks.
2. n. a commotion. (see also raise a stink (about someone/something).) The stink you made about money has done no good at all. You’re fired.

stinking

verb
See stinking drunk

stinking

1. Go to stinking (drunk).
2. mod. lousy; rotten. That was a mean stinking thing to do. Really stinking!
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See:
  • a holy stink
  • a/the fish stinks from the head down
  • all options stink
  • big stink
  • create a stink
  • give (someone) the stink eye
  • holy stink
  • kick up a stink
  • kick up/make/create/raise a stink
  • like stink
  • like stink on a monkey/skunk/pig/etc.
  • make a stink
  • make a stink (about something)
  • make a stink about someone/something
  • raise a stink
  • raise a stink (about something)
  • raise a stink about someone/something
  • smell up
  • smell/stink to high heaven
  • stink
  • stink of (something)
  • stink on ice
  • stink out
  • stink to high heaven
  • stink up
  • stink with
  • stink with (something)
  • the stink eye
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There's a Stink in the forest; MR STINK, GUISBOROUGH FOREST AND WALKWAY
A RADIO DJ has kicked up a stink after a foot fetishist asked her to send him a pair of her smelliest shoes.
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26 SEEKING OUT STINK BUGS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: USING CITIZEN SCIENTISTS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT STINK BUG DIVERSITY, BEHAVIOR AND DISTRIBUTION, AND TRACK THE SPREAD OF THE INVASIVE BROWN MARMORATED STINK BUG (HALYOMORPHA HALYS)
Seeking out stink bugs in Southern California: using citizen scientists to learn more about stink bug diversity, behavior and distribution, and track the spread of the invasive Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (Halyomorpha halys)
WORKMEN raised a bit of a stink when they were seen laying into a decorative Victorian pole with sledgehammers in Earlsdon last Friday.
Vandalism? No... the smell could have left people pole-axed
King's one little phrase "I Don't STINK!" has resulted in an online quiz, product lines, kindness meters, and a whole lot more.
Bryce Cullen Publishing Releases Pivotal New Book on Positive Thinking for Kids
It is helpful to understand that ladybugs and stink bugs are driven into heated structures as they try to escape from the cooling outdoor temperatures.
Your gardening answers; Ladybug, ladybug, out of our home!
But during treatment, she had to endure surgery 4 and, even worse, repeat chemotherapy that made her feel so awful she started calling it her "stink bug" treatments.
Go, girl!