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Meaning of REEK in English

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( reeks, reeking, reeked)

1.

To reek of something, usually something unpleasant, means to smell very strongly of it.

Your breath reeks of stale cigar smoke...

The entire house reeked for a long time.

= stink

VERB : V of n , V

Reek is also a noun.

He smelt the reek of whisky.

N-SING : usu N of n

2.

If you say that something reeks of unpleasant ideas, feelings, or practices, you disapprove of it because it gives a strong impression that it involves those ideas, feelings, or practices.

The whole thing reeks of hypocrisy.

VERB : V of n [ disapproval ]

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