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Definition of 'reek'English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) rek, ‘smoke, fog’, Albanian regj ‘to tan’).[Vladimir Orel, A Handbook of Germanic Etymology , s.vv. “*raukiz”, “*reukanan”(Leiden: Brill, 2003), 299:303.]
Noun
( -)
A strong unpleasant smell.
Vapor; steam; smoke; fume.
* Shakespeare
- As hateful to me as the reek of a limekiln.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) reken ‘to smoke’, from (etyl) . See above.
Verb
( en-verb)
(archaic) To be emitted or exhaled, emanate, as of vapour or perfume.
To have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell.
- You reek of perfume.
- Your fridge reeks of egg.
(figuratively) To be evidently associated with something unpleasant.
- The boss appointing his nephew as a director reeks of nepotism.
Etymology 3
Probably a transferred use (after Irish cruach stack (of corn), pile, mountain, hill) of a variant of rick (with which it is cognate).
Noun
(s)
(Ireland) A hill; a mountain.
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Similar to 'reek'rook, rock, risk, rok, rack, reck, rick, rusk, ruck, rawk, raik, ruok, reask, reak
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