Thesaurus: reek

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1. n. A rick.
2. n. Vapor; steam; smoke; fume.
3. v. i. To emit vapor, usually that which is warm and moist; to be full of fumes; to steam; to smoke; to exhale.
4. n. a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant
5. v. have an element suggestive (of something)
6. v. smell badly and offensively
7. v. be wet with sweat or blood, as of one's face
8. v. give off smoke, fumes, warm vapour, steam, etc.
9. A rick. [Obs.] B. Jonson. Vapor; steam; smoke; fume. As hateful to me as the reek of a limekiln. Shak. To emit vapor, usually that which is warm and moist; to be full of fumes; to steam; to smoke; to exhale. Few chimneys reeking you shall espy. Spenser. I found me laid In balmy sweat, which with his beams the sun Soon dried, and on the reeking moisture fed. Milton. The coffee rooms reeked with tobacco. Macualay.
10. A rick. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
11. n:21/v:79 v. smell badly and offensively v. be wet with sweat or blood, as of one's face v. give off smoke, fumes, warm vapour, steam, etc.