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: any of several large petrels that have an offensive odor
3
slang
: something extremely difficult
the examination was a real stinker
Examples of stinker in a Sentence
He is a dirty little stinker.
a real stinker of a performance
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But that serendipitous cinematic education taught more than one generation of film lovers (and future filmmakers like Quentin Tarantino, who was all but weaned on late night movies) about film history, the classics as well as the stinkers.
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Benjamin Svetkey, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Mar. 2025
Through Sunday, the year-to-date overall domestic box office is $1.08 billion, which is still 11 percent ahead of pace from 2024, so a stinker of a week is not the end of the world.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 3 Mar. 2025
That is to say, the Raiders putting up a stinker after a statement win.
—Vincent Frank, Forbes, 22 Sep. 2024
Not everyone will agree on which ones are bad, but everyone, at least, agrees that there are some real stinkers.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 1 Dec. 2024
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Benjamin Svetkey, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Mar. 2025
Through Sunday, the year-to-date overall domestic box office is $1.08 billion, which is still 11 percent ahead of pace from 2024, so a stinker of a week is not the end of the world.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 3 Mar. 2025
That is to say, the Raiders putting up a stinker after a statement win.
—Vincent Frank, Forbes, 22 Sep. 2024
Not everyone will agree on which ones are bad, but everyone, at least, agrees that there are some real stinkers.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 1 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for stinker
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“Stinker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stinker. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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