stink on ice in English

Audio: En-au-stink on ice.ogg

[Australia] Forms: stinks on ice [present, singular, third-person], stinking on ice [participle, present], stank on ice [past], stunk on ice [participle, past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From the notion that if organic matter smells bad even when on ice then it must be truly rotten. Head templates: {{en-verb|stink<,,stank,stunk> on ice}} stink on ice (third-person singular simple present stinks on ice, present participle stinking on ice, simple past stank on ice, past participle stunk on ice)

Inflected forms

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{
  "etymology_text": "From the notion that if organic matter smells bad even when on ice then it must be truly rotten.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "stinks on ice",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stinking on ice",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stank on ice",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stunk on ice",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "glosses": [
        "To be of very poor quality, even repulsive."
      ],
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        [
          "poor",
          "poor"
        ],
        [
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        [
          "repulsive",
          "repulsive"
        ]
      ],
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        "(idiomatic, colloquial) To be of very poor quality, even repulsive."
      ],
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        "idiomatic"
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      "tags": [
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      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "stink on ice"
}

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{
  "etymology_text": "From the notion that if organic matter smells bad even when on ice then it must be truly rotten.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "stinks on ice",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stinking on ice",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stank on ice",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stunk on ice",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "stink<,,stank,stunk> on ice"
      },
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    }
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        "English idioms",
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"stink on ice" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms