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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

stink on ice en · VERB

Pronunciation

Etymology

From the notion that if organic matter smells bad even when on ice then it must be truly rotten.

Meanings

  1. (colloquial, idiomatic) To be of very poor quality, even repulsive.

Forms

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stinking on ice Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
stank on ice Tense=Past lexicographic
stinks on ice Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
stunk on ice Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic