"stink up" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: stinks up [present, singular, third-person], stinking up [participle, present], stank up [past], stunk up [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|stink<,,stank,stunk> up}} stink up (third-person singular simple present stinks up, present participle stinking up, simple past stank up, past participle stunk up)
  1. (transitive, informal) To cause to stink. Tags: informal, transitive Related terms: stink out Translations (to cause to stink): empester (French), empuantir (French), haisottaa (Ingrian)
    Sense id: en-stink_up-en-verb-8iD4eSUB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Terms with French translations, Terms with Ingrian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 36 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Ingrian translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of 'to cause to stink': 99 1
  2. (transitive, figurative, informal) To perform very badly in (a place). Tags: figuratively, informal, transitive
    Sense id: en-stink_up-en-verb-8QOMvDt2

Inflected forms

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