stanky en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
Etymology
From stank + -y.
Meanings
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(slang) smelly; stinky
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.
1980 December 13, Mitzel, “Dale Barbre's Murder Transformed”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 21, page 13:“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.”
2021 April 18, Christy Stratton & Erin Wagoner, “Hoot 'N Haw” (0:29 from the start), in Bless the Harts, season 2, episode 18, spoken by Jenny Hart (Kristen Wiig):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.
2010, Kevin Mills, Baby Codes: 101 Winning Combinations to Help Your Baby Sleep:
- (of jazz music, slang) Having the quality called stank, i.e. jazzy, funky, good.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more stanky | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most stanky | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |