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- Dictionaryreek/riːk/
verb
- 1. smell strongly and unpleasantly; stink: "the yard reeked of wet straw and horse manure"
noun
- 1. a foul smell: "the reek of cattle dung"
- 2. smoke: Scottish "he recovered himself and turned to peer through the reek"
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reek. noun [ S ] informal uk / riːk / us / riːk /. a strong unpleasant smell: The room was filled with the reek of stale beer. The warm air was scented with the heady reek of diesel oil from the bus. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples.
Definition of reek verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.
1. (intransitive) to give off or emit a strong unpleasant odour; smell or stink. 2. (intransitive; often foll by of) to be permeated (by); be redolent (of) the letter reeks of subservience. 3. (transitive) to treat with smoke; fumigate. 4. (transitive) mainly dialect.
noun. a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant. synonyms: fetor, foetor, malodor, malodour, mephitis, stench, stink. see more. verb. have an element suggestive (of something) synonyms: smack, smell. see more. verb. be wet with sweat or blood, as of one's face. synonyms: fume. see more. Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Reek."
reek. noun [ S ] informal us / riːk / uk / riːk /. a strong unpleasant smell: The room was filled with the reek of stale beer. The warm air was scented with the heady reek of diesel oil from the bus. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples.
Reek most commonly means to give off a strong, unpleasant odor, as in Your socks reek, dude. Wreak means to inflict or carry out something, especially something harmful—it’s most commonly used in the phrase wreak havoc, meaning to cause chaos or destruction or both.
Definition of reek noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
reek meaning, definition, what is reek: to have a strong bad smell: Learn more.
What does the verb reek mean? There are 17 meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb reek, three of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. reek has developed meanings and uses in subjects including.
