reek /riːk/verb 6noun 4forms 4 verb6 •To have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell.You reek of perfume.Your fridge reeks of egg. •(rare) To cause (something) to smell.The slaughter of lambs in offering reeked the fore-courts of the Temple. — 1880 •(figurative) To be evidently associated with something unpleasant.The boss appointing his nephew as a director reeks of nepotism. •(no longer used) To be emitted or exhaled, emanate, as of vapour or perfume. •(no longer used) To emit smoke or vapour; to steam. •(no longer used) To fall in such a way (e.g. particularly finely or heavily) as to resemble smoke.... the snow still darkens the air, and reeks along the curling wreaths, as if each were a furnace. — 1837 noun4 •A strong unpleasant smell. •(Scotland) Vapour; steam; smoke; fume.Thou mightst as well say, I loue to walke by the Counter-gate, which is as hatefull to me, as the reeke of a Lime-kill. — 1597 •A pile, a heap (as of snow, hay, etc).The fen "dikes" have been filled-in in some districts; and the black reeks remind one of snow-reeks, except for their blackness. — 1855 •(Ireland) A hill; a mountain. formsreeked · reeking · reeketh · reeks
