Meaning

4 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A strong unpleasant smell.

    Gestank

    воньvonʹ, смрадsmrad, злово́ниеzlovónije

    сморі́дsmoríd, воньvonʹ

    a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant

  2. (Scotland, countable, uncountable)Vapour; steam; smoke; fume.

    Dampf

    па́раpára

  3. A pile, a heap (as of snow, hay, etc).

  4. (Ireland)A hill; a mountain.

Examples

44 sentences
  1. You reek of cigarette smoke.

    Від тебе смердить цигарками. — deniko

    ruОт тебя несет сигаретным дымом. — carlosalberto

    deDu stinkst nach Zigarettenqualm. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. Tom reeks of booze.

    ruОт Тома несёт выпивкой. — Wezel

    deTom hat eine Fahne. — Waldelfe

  3. Tom reeked of alcohol.

    ruОт Тома несло спиртным. — Ooneykcall

    deTom stank nach Alkohol. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. Sami's apartment reeks of cat shit.

  5. The fish reeks, it's gone bad.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
unpleasant smell:
vapor:
Русский
By meaning 1
unpleasant smell:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
unpleasant smell:
vapor:

Origin

From Middle English rek, reke (“smoke”), from Old English rēc, from Proto-West Germanic *r

From Middle English rek, reke (“smoke”), from Old English rēc, from Proto-West Germanic *rauki, from Proto-Germanic *raukiz, from Proto-Indo-European *rowgi-.

From Middle English reke (“heap, pile”), from Old English hrēac.

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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Forms

plural: reeks
Singularreek
Pluralreeks

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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