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a strong, unpleasant smell.
vapor or steam.
to smell strongly and unpleasantly.
to be strongly pervaded with something unpleasant or offensive.
to give off steam, smoke, etc.
to be wet with sweat, blood, etc.
to give off; emit; exude.
to expose to or treat with smoke.
Origin of reek
1Other words for reek
Other words from reek
- reeker, noun
- reek·ing·ly, adverb
- reeky, adjective
Words Nearby reek
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How to use reek in a sentence
At that very thought, the engine modes down and the reek of exhaust pulls over us, thick as a quilt.
The Whale Who Will Come Soon - Issue 105: Whale Songs | Rebecca Giggs | September 8, 2021 | NautilusBoth reek of false modesty, but Deen does appear jumpy and genuinely anxious at times.
My Bizarre Night With James Deen, Libertarian Porn Star | Emily Shire | November 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd hipsters and hippies now reek of old-school, kneejerk attitudes.
The particulars of this case, in fact, reek with the stench of crony capitalism.
A moment later there was Something nearly at his left elbow, and he smelt again the nameless, fœtid reek.
Uncanny Tales | Various
The reek of hot tin from the dark lantern grew worse momentarily.
The Gold Bat | P. G. WodehouseThis first was the Boer hospital, and even at this early hour the air was pungent with the reek of strong tobacco.
The Relief of Mafeking | Filson YoungAt such times I could detect the faint reek of alcohol coming through his pores.
Tramping on Life | Harry KempIt overlaid the reek of the cattle yards, the fumes of rank spirits and tobacco that came from the shanties.
The Pioneers | Katharine Susannah Prichard
British Dictionary definitions for reek
/ (riːk) /
(intr) to give off or emit a strong unpleasant odour; smell or stink
(intr often foll by of) to be permeated (by); be redolent (of): the letter reeks of subservience
(tr) to treat with smoke; fumigate
(tr) mainly dialect to give off or emit (smoke, fumes, vapour, etc)
a strong offensive smell; stink
mainly dialect smoke or steam; vapour
Origin of reek
1Derived forms of reek
- reeking, adjective
- reekingly, adverb
- reeky, adjective
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