stink out verb3 •(informal) To cause to stink; to fill with stench.The broccoli really stank out the refrigerator. •(informal) To drive away from a place by a stink.They could build a fertilizer factory and stink you out. — 1985 •(informal, figurative) To perform very badly in (a place). formsstank out · stunk out · stinking out · stinks out