stink out

English

Verb

stink out (third-person singular simple present stinks out, present participle stinking out, simple past stank out, past participle stunk out)

  1. (transitive, informal) To cause to stink; to fill with stench.
    The broccoli really stank out the refrigerator.
  2. (transitive, figuratively, informal) To perform very badly in (a place).
  3. (transitive, informal) To drive away from a place by a stink.
    • 1985 January 3, “Zoning Could Protect Pender”, in Star-News, Wilmington, NC:
      They could build a fertilizer factory and stink you out.

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