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Definition of Stinker
1. Noun. A person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible. "The British call a contemptible person a `git'"
Generic synonyms: Disagreeable Person, Unpleasant Person
Derivative terms: Bum, Rat
2. Noun. Anything that gives off an offensive odor (especially a cheap cigar).
3. Noun. An artifact (especially an automobile) that is defective or unsatisfactory.
Generic synonyms: Artefact, Artifact
Language type: Colloquialism
Derivative terms: Stink
Definition of Stinker
1. n. One who, or that which, stinks.
Definition of Stinker
1. Noun. A person who stinks. ¹
2. Noun. (slang) A contemptible person. ¹
3. Noun. (slang) Something difficult (e.g. a given puzzle) or unpleasant (e.g. negative review, nasty letter). ¹
4. Noun. (slang) Something of poor quality. ¹
5. Noun. Any of several species of large Antarctic petrels which feed on blubber and carrion and have an offensive odour, such as the giant fulmar. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stinker
1. one that stinks [n -S] - See also: stinks
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stinker
Literary usage of Stinker
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Jonson Allusion-Book: A Collection of Allusions to Ben Jonson from 1597-1700 by Jesse Franklin Bradley, Joseph Quincy Adams (1922)
"... out, ile not take thy word for a dagger pye: you browne-bread-mouth stinker,
Ile teach thee to turne me into Bankes his horse, and to tell gentlemen I ..."
2. Savings Bond Advisor by Tom Adams (2007)
"How to avoid the stinker bond penalty The IRS says you have to pay income tax
... When you redeem a stinker bond that stopped paying interest in a previous ..."
3. He Usually Lived with a Female: The Life of a California Newspaperman by George Garrigues (2006)
"When Bliss Became a Rebel The stinker — his name was Forrest Bingham and he ...
The stinker knew everything. He'd put his hands in back of his head and lean ..."
4. The Lighter Side of School Life by Ian Hay (1920)
"All your inventions are putrid, stinker." "I'll fight you! ... Suddenly a brilliant
idea came upon stinker. "Won't work, won't it?" he screamed. ..."
5. The Mining Engineer (1906)
"(2) stinker vein, about (i inches thick. (3) Top vein, varying in thickness from
12 inches up to 2 feet 4 inches. (4) Holly Bush vein, usually about 2 feet ..."
6. Denizens of the Deep by Frank Thomas Bullen (1904)
"The word has been crudely translated by the practical Americans into an unpleasant
but entirely appropriate Anglo-Saxon equivalent, stinker. ..."
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