"stink up" meaning in English

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Verb

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), vermiefen (German), verpesten (German), verstänkern (German), verstinken (German), haisottaa (Ingrian)
    Sense id: en-stink_up-en-verb-8iD4eSUB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Ingrian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 36 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 87 13 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 85 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Ingrian translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of 'to cause to stink': 99 1
  2. (transitive, figurative, informal) To perform very badly in (a place). Tags: figuratively, informal, transitive Translations (to perform very badly): abstinken (German)
    Sense id: en-stink_up-en-verb-8QOMvDt2 Disambiguation of 'to perform very badly': 4 96

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "to cause to stink",
      "word": "empester"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to cause to stink",
      "word": "empuantir"
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      "sense": "to cause to stink",
      "word": "vermiefen"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "to cause to stink",
      "word": "verpesten"
    },
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      "sense": "to cause to stink",
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      "sense": "to cause to stink",
      "word": "verstinken"
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