Definition of "stinkpot" []

• Slang A person who is despised. (noun)
• A small musk turtle (Sternotherus odoratus) of the eastern and southern United States, usually found on the bottom of ponds and small streams. (noun)
• Slang A motorboat. (noun)
• An earthenware jar containing combustibles emitting a suffocating smoke, formerly used in naval warfare. Also called stinkball. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The stinkpot turtle exhibits this pattern of sex determination."
• "I do suspect it contains a bigger stinkpot, and surely all the people who want to hang this government can accept that getting a bigger stinkpot is a good idea?"
• "Candy, is Craig the stinkpot in the middle of the room, speaking metaphorically, of course, for the Republican Party at this time?"