reek in English dictionary

  • reek

    Meanings and definitions of "reek"

    • A strong unpleasant smell.
    • Vapor; steam; smoke; fume.
    • (archaic) (intransitive) To be emitted or exhaled, emanate, as of vapour or perfume.
    • To have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell.
    • (figuratively) To be evidently associated with something unpleasant.
    • noun
      (Ireland)
      A hill; a mountain.
    • noun
      A strong unpleasant smell.
    • noun
      Vapor; steam; smoke; fume.
    • verb
      (archaic, intransitive)
      To be emitted or exhaled, emanate, as of vapour or perfume.
    • verb
      To have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell.
    • verb
      (figuratively)
      To be evidently associated with something unpleasant.
    • unpleasant smell
    • vapor
    • to have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell
    • to be evidently associated with something unpleasant
    • noun
      a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant
    • verb
      be wet with sweat or blood, as of one's face
    • verb
      give off smoke, fumes, warm vapour, steam, etc.; "Marshes reeking in the sun"
    • verb
      have an element suggestive (of something); "his speeches smacked of racism"; "this passage smells of plagiarism"
    • verb
      smell badly and offensively; "The building reeks of smoke"

    Synonyms of "reek" in English dictionary

    ooze, stench, odor are the top synonyms of "reek" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of reek

    • reek ( uncountable)
    • reek ( third-person singular simple present reeks, present participle reeking, simple past and past participle reeked)
    • reek (plural reeks)
    • reek (uncountable)
    • reek (third-person singular simple present reeks, present participle reeking, simple past and past participle reeked)
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