reek

Speech parts

1. reek - Noun

2. reek - Verb

Meaning

A rick.

Vapor; steam; smoke; fume.

To emit vapor, usually that which is warm and moist; to be full of fumes; to steam; to smoke; to exhale.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

fume smell stink smack stench fetor mephitis malodor foetor malodour rick steam smoke vapor smoking

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Antonyms

cologne ambrosia ambergris core essence odor

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Hypernyms

suggest smell emit odor evoke ooze

Hyponyms

pong niff

Phrases with the word

lang may yer lum reek lang may your lum reek reek ball reek projectile reek round

Derivatives

reeked reeking

Anagrams

erke eker kere

Examples

You common cry of curs whose breath I hate As reek o' the rotten fens, whose loves I prize As the dead carcasses of unburied men That do corrupt my air, -I banish you. William Shakespeare

There is no scent so pleasant to my nostrils as that faint, subtle reek which comes from an ancient book. Arthur Conan Doyle

Authors who moan with praise for their editors always seem to reek slightly of the Stockholm syndrome. Christopher Hitchens

Put your hand no farther nor your sleeve may reek. Scottish Proverb

The building reeks of smoke Source: Internet

his speeches smacked of racism Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

reefy reeject reejection reek ball reek projectile reek round