- 1. n. A rick. Source: opted
- 2. n. Vapor; steam; smoke; fume. Source: opted
- 3. v. i. To emit vapor, usually that which is warm and moist; to be full of fumes; to steam; to smoke; to exhale. Source: opted
- 4. n. a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant Source: wordnet
- 5. v. have an element suggestive (of something) Source: wordnet
- 6. v. smell badly and offensively Source: wordnet
- 7. v. be wet with sweat or blood, as of one's face Source: wordnet
- 8. v. give off smoke, fumes, warm vapour, steam, etc. Source: wordnet
- 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. Source: webster
- 10. A rick. [Obs.] B. Jonson. Source: adambom
- 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. Source: ecdict
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