English Dictionary

stinker

/ˈstɪŋ.kə(ɹ)/

noun

One who stinks. / (slang) A contemptible person or thing. / (slang) Something difficult (e.g. a given puzzle) or unpleasant (e.g. negative review, nasty letter).

He is such a stinker!

意味（1）

One who stinks.

Skunks are the worst stinkers in the animal kingdom.

意味（2）

(slang) A contemptible person or thing.

Stop squallin', you little stinker! She struck the child with her open hand across the face.

意味（3）

(slang) Something difficult (e.g. a given puzzle) or unpleasant (e.g. negative review, nasty letter).

Today's crossword is a stinker.

意味（4）

(Britain, slang) Something of poor quality.

The barely-released stinker Dark Tide continues Stockwell’s fetishistic pattern, coming alive whenever it’s paddling among the sharks off the South African coast and settling in for a long snooze once it gets back on the boat or reaches dry land.

意味（5）

Any of several species of large Antarctic petrels which feed on blubber and carrion and have an offensive odour, such as the giant fulmar.

意味（6）

(slang) A chemist.

意味（7）

(Australia, slang) A hot day.