Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
STANK
STINK
reek, stink
(verb) smell badly and offensively; “The building reeks of smoke”
stink
(verb) be extremely bad in quality or in one’s performance; “This term paper stinks!”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Verb
stank
simple past tense of stink
Etymology 2
Adjective
stank (not comparable)
(African-American Vernacular, slang, derogatory) Foul-smelling, stinking, unclean.
Etymology 3
Noun
stank (plural stanks)
(UK, dialect) Water retained by an embankment; a pool of water.
(UK, dialect) A dam or mound to stop water.
Etymology 4
Adjective
stank (comparative more stank, superlative most stank)
(obsolete) weak; worn out
Etymology 5
Compare Swedish word, meaning "to pant".
Verb
stank (third-person singular simple present stanks, present participle stanking, simple past and past participle stanked)
(obsolete, UK, dialect) To sigh.
Anagrams
• tanks
Source: Wiktionary
Stank, a. Etym: [OF. estanc, or It. stanco. See Stanch, a.]
Definition: Weak; worn out. [Obs.] Spenser.
Stank, v. i. Etym: [Cf. Sw. stånka to pant. *165.]
Definition: To sigh. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Stank, imp. of Stink.
Definition: Stunk.
Stank, n. Etym: [OF. estang, F. étang, from L. stagnum a pool. Cf. Stagnate, Tank a cistern.]
1. Water retained by an embankment; a pool water. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Robert of Brunne.
2. A dam or mound to stop water. [Prov. Eng.] Stank hen (Zoöl.), the moor hen; -- called also stankie. [Prov. Eng.]
STINK
Stink, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Stunk, Stank (, p. pr. & vb. n. Stinking.] Etym: [AS. stinkan to have a smell (whether good or bad); akin to OHG. stinchan, G. & D. stinken to stink; of uncertain origin; cf. Icel. stökkva to leap, to spring, Goth. stigqan to push, strike, or Gr. Stench.]
Definition: To emit a strong, offensive smell; to send out a disgusting odor.
Stink, v. t.
Definition: To cause to stink; to affect by a stink.
Stink, n. Etym: [AS. stinc.]
Definition: A strong, offensive smell; a disgusting odor; a stench. Fire stink. See under Fire.
– Stink-fire lance. See under Lance.
– Stink rat (Zoöl.), the musk turtle. [Local, U.S.] -- Stink shad (Zoöl.), the gizzard shad. [Local, U.S.] Stink trap, a stench trap. See under Stench.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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