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verb/riːk/
/riːk/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they reek | /riːk/ /riːk/ |
| he / she / it reeks | /riːks/ /riːks/ |
| past simple reeked | /riːkt/ /riːkt/ |
| past participle reeked | /riːkt/ /riːkt/ |
| -ing form reeking | /ˈriːkɪŋ/ /ˈriːkɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] reek (of something) to smell very strongly of something unpleasant
- His breath reeked of tobacco.
- [intransitive] reek (of something) (disapproving) to make you think that something unpleasant, wrong or dishonest is involved in a situation
- Her denials reeked of hypocrisy.
Word OriginOld English rēocan ‘give out smoke or vapour’, rēc (noun) ‘smoke’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch rieken ‘to smell’, rook ‘smoke’, German riechen ‘to smell’, Rauch ‘smoke’.
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