Meaning

• A person who stinks.

• A contemptible person.

  "I won't date Mary Jane again. I thought she was a stinker to leave before the end of the movie."

• Something difficult (e.g. a given puzzle) or unpleasant (e.g. negative review, nasty letter).

  "Today's crossword is a stinker."

• Something of poor quality.

• Any of several species of large Antarctic petrels which feed on blubber and carrion and have an offensive odour, such as the giant fulmar.

• A chemist.

• A hot day.