stink up

verb

stank up or stunk up; stunk up; stinking up; stinks up

transitive verb

: to cause to stink or be filled with a stench

dirty laundry stinking up the place

Examples of stink up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

HeyGears makes its own ink that's said to produce a lot less odor than other brands, and a carbon filter in the printer helps prevent stinking up your studio space. — New Atlas, 27 July 2026

Little surprise that the pair explore the wider context of Brazil’s 1970 World Cup triumph, namely the military dictatorship that sapped national pride and heaped enormous pressure on a team — one who’d stunk up the tournament four years earlier — to restore it. — Jon O'Brien, Vulture, 10 June 2026

Frankly, a single smoker will stink up an entire car. — Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2026

For the record, even if the Rangers’ ERA was the best in baseball last season and the offense stunk up the Metroplex, Young did well to add to the rotation. — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas Morning News, 29 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1941, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for stink up

• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup
• markup