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stinks

nounnounverbcommon in dialogue

  • United States

Chemistry (as a subject taught in school).

noun

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    Also a form of stinkplural of stink

noun

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    slangChemistry (as a subject taught in school).

    Very few boys could resist the attractions of mixing up chemicals, manufacturing unsavoury smells, and producing loud explosions. Bowney was an exception to the general rule, however; he never had studied "Stinks," […]

verb

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    Also a form of stinkthird-person singular simple present indicative of stink

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