Is it stink or stank?

Is it stink or stank?

Stank is a verb. Specifically, it is the simple past tense form of the verb to stink, which means to emit an unpleasant smell. Lots of things stink, like spoiled food, wet dogs, and garbage dumps. Metaphorically speaking, an unfavorable event can also be said to stink.

What does stank mean slang?

stank (not comparable) (African-American Vernacular, slang, derogatory) Foul-smelling, stinking, unclean.

What is the past tense of stink?

The verb stink is traditionally inflected stank in the past tense and stunk as a past participle. For example, one might write, I don't stink today, but I stank yesterday, and I have stunk for many years. In the U.S., stank has developed a few new colloquial senses.

Is swum a real word?

“Swum” is the past participle of the verb “to swim” and thus is used in verbal compound constructions which call for the past participle, such as the present perfect tense and mode: “I have swum,” “You [singular] have swum,” “He/She/It has swum,” “We have swum,” “You [plural] have swum, “They have swum.”