English Explanatory Dictionary

stink like a polecat

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To have a bad smell, mostly referring to human body odor.

Word forms

stink like a polecat stinks like a polecat stinking like a polecat stank like a polecat stunk like a polecat

Etymology

Due to the European polecat ejecting a foul-smelling secretion.

Related words

stink like a mackerel
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