Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stink on ice

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.45 in modern English

Syllables
stink on ice
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To be of very poor quality, even repulsive.

Colloquial

Etymology

From the notion that if organic matter smells bad even when on ice then it must be truly rotten.

Usage

Inflected Forms

stinks on ice (present, singular) stinking on ice (participle, present) stank on ice (past) stunk on ice (participle, past)

Questions

What does stink on ice mean?
To be of very poor quality, even repulsive.
Where does stink on ice come from?
From the notion that if organic matter smells bad even when on ice then it must be truly rotten.

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