adj
stanky
Stanky (adj) means (informal) Smelly; having a bad odour.
adj
1
(informal) Smelly; having a bad odour.
"“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.”"
— Christy Stratton & Erin Wagoner, Hoot 'N Haw (2021)
"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."
— Mitzel, Dale Barbre's Murder Transformed (1980)
"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."
— Kevin Mills, Baby Codes: 101 Winning Combinations to Help Your Baby Sleep (2010)
2
(informal) Cool, funky or impressive.
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Etymology
Formed from stank and -y.
Rhymes for stanky
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What is the meaning of stanky?
"stanky" (adj) means (informal) Smelly; having a bad odour.
What are the different meanings of stanky?
"stanky" has 2 main meanings: 1. (informal) Smelly; having a bad odour; 2. (informal) Cool, funky or impressive.
