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Stinking
- verb - be extremely bad in quality or in one's performance; "This term paper stinks!"
- offensively malodorous; "a foul odor"; "the kitchen smelled really funky"
- smell badly and offensively; "The building reeks of smoke"
- very bad; "a lousy play"; "it's a stinking world"
Stinting
- verb - avoiding waste; "an economical meal"; "an economical shopper"; "a frugal farmer"; "a frugal lunch"; "a sparing father and a spending son"; "sparing in their use of heat and light"; "stinting in bestowing gifts"; "thrifty because they remember the great Depression"; "`scotch' is used only informally"
- subsist on a meager allowance; "scratch and scrimp"
- supply sparingly and with restricted quantities; "sting with the allowance"
Stunning
- verb - causing great astonishment and consternation; "the strike came as a stunning protest against management"; "a stunning defeat"
- causing or capable of causing bewilderment or shock or insensibility; "laid the poor fellow senseless with one stunning blow"; "a stunning detonation with volumes of black smoke"
- commanding attention; "an arresting drawing of people turning into animals"; "a sensational concert--one never to be forgotten"; "a stunning performance"
- hit something or somebody as if with a sandbag
- make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow; "stun fish"
- overcome as with astonishment or disbelief; "The news stunned her"
- strikingly beautiful or attractive; "quite stunning with large dark eyes and a beautiful high-bosomed figure"; "stunning photographs of Canada's wilderness areas"
Stunting
- verb - check the growth or development of; "You will stunt your growth by building all these muscles"
- perform a stunt or stunts
- the performance of stunts while in flight in an aircraft
Swanking
- verb - display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously; "he showed off his new sports car"
Swanning
- verb - move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town"
- sweep majestically; "Airplanes were swanning over the mountains"
- to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent"
Swansong
- unknown - A person's last work or act before death or retirement.
Swinging
- verb - alternate dramatically between high and low values; "his mood swings"; "the market is swinging up and down"
- be a social swinger; socialize a lot
- burn superficially or lightly; "I singed my eyebrows"
- change direction with a swinging motion; turn; "swing back"; "swing forward"
- changing location by moving back and forth
- characterized by a buoyant rhythm; "an easy lilting stride"; "the flute broke into a light lilting air"; "a swinging pace"; "a graceful swingy walk"; "a tripping singing measure"
- engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or wife of one's friends; "There were many swinging couples in the 1960's"
- hang freely; "the ornaments dangled from the tree"; "The light dropped from the ceiling"
- have a certain musical rhythm; "The music has to swing"
- hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement; "The soccer player began to swing at the referee"
- influence decisively; "This act
Tainting
- verb - contaminate with a disease or microorganism
- place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's reputation"
Taunting
- verb - abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule; "derisive laughter"; "a jeering crowd"; "her mocking smile"; "taunting shouts of `coward' and `sissy'"
- aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing
- harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie"
- make fun of