stink up

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stink up

verb stinks up · stinking up · stank up · stunk up

  1. informal, transitive To cause to stink. The broccoli really stank up the refrigerator.
  2. figuratively, informal, transitive To perform very badly in (a place). That's what the Bengals did again Sunday, when, in Wilkinson's words, they "stunk up the joint" in a 31-14 loss to the New York Jets at Cinergy Field.

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verb to cause to stink

Françaisempester, empuantir
Deutschvermiefen, verpesten, verstänkern, verstinken

verb to perform very badly

Deutschabstinken

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@misc{stink_up_2026,
  title = {stink up},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/stink%20up},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}