Dictionary Definition
reek n : a distinctive odor that is offensively
unpleasant [syn: malodor, malodour, stench, stink, fetor, foetor, mephitis]
Verb
1 have an element suggestive (of something); "his
speeches smacked of racism" [syn: smack]
2 smell badly and offensively; "The building
reeks of smoke" [syn: stink]
3 be wet with sweat or blood, as of one's face
[syn: fume]
4 give off smoke, fumes, warm vapour, steam,
etc.; "Marshes reeking in the sun"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- , /riːk/, /ri:k/
- Rhymes with: -iːk
Homophones
Etymology 1
rec.Translations
unpleasant smell
- Czech: zápach
- Finnish: löyhkä, lemu
- Swedish: stank, odör
vapor
- Swedish: ångor
Etymology 2
reocan.Verb
- To have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell.
- Your fridge reeks of egg.
- To be evidently associated with something unpleasant.
Translations
to have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell
- Czech: páchnout
- Finnish: löyhkätä, lemuta
- French: fouetter, schlinguer
- Swedish: stinka
to be evidently associated with something
unpleasant
- Swedish: stinka
References
Northeast Dialect 2005}}Scots
Etymology
FromExtensive Definition
Reek can refer to either:
- A strong, offensive odor
- Vapor, fog
- The Reek, local name for Croagh Patrick
- Reek (Netherlands) - a town in Landerd, the Netherlands
- Reek, a Star Wars creature
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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