stinkpot

[ stingk-pot ]
/ ˈstɪŋkˌpɒt /

noun

Also called stinkball. a jar containing combustibles or other materials that generate offensive and suffocating vapors, formerly used in warfare.
Informal. a stinker; meany.
a common musk turtle, Sternotherus odoratus, of the eastern and southern U.S., that sometimes climbs trees along the water's edge.

Origin of stinkpot

First recorded in 1655–65; stink + pot1

Example sentences from the Web for stinkpot

  • "Stinkpot" she called it, when acknowledging foul elements in the composition and the harm it did to the unskilful balist.

  • But in some degree it was merely a development of the "stinkpot" which the Chinese have employed for years.

    Aircraft and Submarines |Willis J. Abbot.
  • Not long ago an effective weapon called "stinkpot" was in use.

British Dictionary definitions for stinkpot

stinkpot
/ (ˈstɪŋkˌpɒt) /

noun

slang a person or thing that stinks
slang a person considered to be unpleasant
another name for musk turtle
Also called: stink ball military (formerly) a container filled with material that gives off noxious or suffocating vapours