smelly

adjective

1. 1

   Having a bad smell.

   She was hesitant to remove her shoes, as her socks were rather smelly.

2. 2

   figurativeHaving a quality that arouses suspicion.

   The detective read the documents and thought, "Something sure is smelly about this case."

3. 3

   figurativeHaving signs that suggest a design problem; having a code smell.

   That smelly code needs to be refactored.

noun

1. 1

   rareA smelly person.

   And I can get home myself, thank you. Little smelly.

   Or if you know any piglets with water pistols, maybe you could throw them a bottle of gargle and say, ‘Hoy you smellies, I bet you can’t squirt the little dangly thing up the dark end of my gob with this’.

   However, according to [Joey] Owens, these anarchists are all a bunch of smellies, who run away “screaming” while forever being hit over the head with iron bars by victorious fascists.

   Both of them had been called “little smellies,” because Hillie insisted their breath reeked of garlic and fish.

noun

1. 1

   informala Short Magazine Lee Enfield rifle or one of its derivatives.

Forms

plural

smellies

comparative

smellier

superlative

smelliest