reek n 1: a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant [syn: malodor, malodour, stench, stink, reek, fetor, foetor, mephitis] v 1: have an element suggestive (of something); "his speeches smacked of racism"; "this passage smells of plagiarism" [syn: smack, reek, smell] 2: smell badly and offensively; "The building reeks of smoke" [syn: reek, stink] 3: be wet with sweat or blood, as of one's face [syn: reek, fume] 4: give off smoke, fumes, warm vapour, steam, etc.; "Marshes reeking in the sun"

reek eker erke

reek I. noun Etymology: Middle English rek, from Old English rēc; akin to Old High German rouh smoke Date: before 12th century 1. chiefly dialect smoke 2. vapor, fog 3. a strong or disagreeable fume or odor II. verb Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. to emit smoke or vapor 2. a. to give off or become permeated with a strong or offensive odor <a room reeking of incense> b. to give a strong impression of some constituent quality or feature <a neighborhood that reeks of poverty> 3. emanate transitive verb 1. to subject to the action of smoke or vapor 2. exude, give off <a politician who reeks charm> • reeker noun • reeky adjective

reek
v. & n.
--v.intr. (often foll. by of)
1 smell strongly and unpleasantly.
2 have unpleasant or suspicious associations (this reeks of corruption).
3 give off smoke or fumes.
--n.
1 a foul or stale smell.
2 esp. Sc. smoke.
3 vapour; a visible exhalation (esp. from a chimney).
Derivatives:
reeky adj.
Etymology: OE reocan (v.), rec (n.), f. Gmc

reek (reeks, reeking, reeked) 1. To reek of something, usually something unpleasant, means to smell very strongly of it. Your breath reeks of stale cigar smoke... The entire house reeked for a long time. = stink VERB: V of n, V • Reek is also a noun. He smelt the reek of whisky. N-SING: usu N of n 2. If you say that something reeks of unpleasant ideas, feelings, or practices, you disapprove of it because it gives a strong impression that it involves those ideas, feelings, or practices. The whole thing reeks of hypocrisy. VERB: V of n [disapproval]

Reek \Reek\ (r[=e]k), n. A rick. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.

Reek \Reek\, n. [AS. r[emc]c; akin to OFries. r[=e]k, LG. & D. rook, G. rauch, OHG. rouh, Dan. r["o]g, Sw. r["o]k, Icel. reykr, and to AS. re['o]can to reek, smoke, Icel. rj[=u]ka, G. riechen to smell.] Vapor; steam; smoke; fume. As hateful to me as the reek of a limekiln. --Shak.

Reek \Reek\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Reeked (r[=e]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Reeking.] [As. r[=e]can. See Reek vapor.] To emit vapor, usually that which is warm and moist; to be full of fumes; to steam; to smoke; to exhale. Few chimneys reeking you shall espy. --Spenser. I found me laid In balmy sweat, which with his beams the sun Soon dried, and on the reeking moisture fed. --Milton. The coffee rooms reeked with tobacco. --Macaulay.

reek I. n. 1. Smoke, steam, exhalation, vapor, effluvium, fume, mist. 2. Rick, stack. II. v. n. Smoke, steam, exhale, emit vapor.

reek ri:k v. 1 stink or smell (to high heaven), Slang Brit pong, hum: Allie reeks from cleaning out the stable. 2 smoke, steam: It is because it used to reek so badly that Edinburgh acquired its nickname, 'Auld Reekie'. --n. 3 stink, stench, fetor or foetor, miasma, mephitis, odour, smell, Slang Brit hum, pong: The reek of rotting vegetation permeated the atmosphere. 4 fumes, smoke, steam, vapour, exhalation, cloud, mist: He delighted in the redolent reek that arose from the haggis.

136 Moby Thesaurus words for "reek": BO, aerate, aerify, afterdamp, ash, ashes, atomize, bad breath, bad smell, be aromatic, be redolent of, blackdamp, bleed, blow, body odor, brand, breath, breathe, breathe out, calx, carbon, carbonate, charcoal, chlorinate, chokedamp, cinder, clinker, cloud, coal, coke, coom, damp, discharge, distill, dross, effluvium, effuse, emit, emit a smell, etherify, etherize, evacuate, evaporate, excrete, exfiltrate, exhalation, exhale, exhaust, expire, extravasate, exudate, exude, fetid air, fetidity, fetidness, fetor, filter, filtrate, firedamp, flatus, fluid, fluidize, foul breath, foul odor, fractionate, frowst, fume, fumes, fumigate, funk, gasify, give off, give out, give vent to, graveolence, halitosis, hum, hydrogenate, lava, leach, let out, lixiviate, malaria, malodor, mephitis, miasma, mist, nidor, noxious stench, odor, offend the nostrils, offensive odor, ooze, open the floodgates, open the sluices, oxygenate, percolate, perfume, puff, puff of smoke, reeking, rotten smell, scoria, seep, send out, slag, smell, smell bad, smell of, smell to heaven, smell up, smoke, smudge, smut, soot, spray, steam, stench, stench of decay, stink, stink out, stink up, strain, sublimate, sublime, sullage, throw off, transpire, transude, vapor, vaporize, volatile, volatilize, water vapor, weep, yield an odor

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