Reek Definition

rēk

reeked, reeking, reeks

verb

reeked, reeking, reeks

To expose to the action of smoke or fumes.

Webster's New World

To have a strong, offensive smell.

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To give off steam or smoke.

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To emit or exude (vapor, fumes, etc.)

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To be permeated with anything very unpleasant.

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noun

A strong, unpleasant smell; stench.

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Vapor; fume.

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Smoke.

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(Ireland) A hill; a mountain.

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Other Word Forms of Reek

Singular:

reek

Plural:

From Middle English rek, reke (“smoke"), from Old English rÄ“c, rÄ«ec, from Proto-Germanic *raukiz (compare West Frisian reek, riik, Dutch rook, Low German Röök, German Rauch, Danish røg, Norwegian røyk), from Proto-Indo-European *rougi- (compare Lithuanian rū̃kti "˜to smoke', rū̃kas "˜smoke, fog', Albanian regj "˜to tan').

From Wiktionary
From Middle English reken "˜to smoke', from Old English rÄ“ocan, from Proto-Germanic *reukanÄ… (compare Dutch ruiken, Low German rüken, German riechen, Danish ryge, Swedish ryka), from Proto-Indo-European *rougi. See above.

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Middle English reken to emit smoke from Old English rēocan to emit smoke and rēcan to expose to smoke reug- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Probably a transferred use (after Irish cruach stack (of corn), pile, mountain, hill) of a variant of rick (with which it is cognate).

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