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- DictionaryReek/rēk/
verb
- 1. smell strongly and unpleasantly; stink: "the yard reeked of wet straw and stale 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"
: 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.
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.
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.
Definitions of reek. verb. give off smoke, fumes, warm vapour, steam, etc. “Marshes reeking in the sun”. see more. verb. smell badly and offensively. “The building reeks of smoke”. synonyms: stink.
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. More examples.
Definition of reek verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
reek. ( riːk) vb. 1. ( intr) to give off or emit a strong unpleasant odour; smell or stink. 2. (often foll by: of) to be permeated (by); be redolent (of): the letter reeks of subservience. 3. ( tr) to treat with smoke; fumigate.
