Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stanky

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.04 in modern English

Syllables: stanky
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Slang

adj

Having the quality called stank, i.e. jazzy, funky, good.

Slang

Example Sentences

"A gross-gutted, bulb-nosed, bourbon-stanky Boston flatfoot in plain clothes wrinkled white sox, with a race track tip-sheet stuffed in his back pocket trying real hard to mingle unnoticed at an elegant Buddies "do" to glean inside-dope."
"As fun as fish are to watch, they require a lot of fish food, and fish food makes fish poop, and pooping fish make for a stanky tank after too long. Just say no to stanky tanks."
"“I don't know what happened, but the skunks have had a very horny springtime.” “Well, that horny springtime is turning into a very stanky summer. You need to clean this up.”"

Etymology

From stank + -y.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: stank

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

more stanky (comparative) most stanky (superlative)

Derived Forms

stankiness

Phrases

stanky leg

Rhymes With

frankie yankee cranky lanky swanky hanky hankey spanky skanky janky blankie banky

Questions

What does stanky mean?: smelly; stinky
Where does stanky come from?: From stank + -y.

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