MEANING
1. To give off a strong, usually unpleasant smell.
2. A strong, unpleasant smell.
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Words that belong together
- reek of smoke
- reek of decay
On the page
The room reeked of smoke.
The drain reeked after the flood.
His coat reeked of damp wool.
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Word forms
- Base
- reek
- Past tense
- reeked
- Past participle
- reeked
- Present participle
- reeking
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- reek
- Present continuous
- am/is/are reeking
- Present perfect
- have/has reeked
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been reeking
- Past
- reeked
- Past continuous
- was/were reeking
- Past perfect
- had reeked
- Past perfect continuous
- had been reeking
- Future
- will reek
- Future continuous
- will be reeking
- Future perfect
- will have reeked
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been reeking
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Usage notes
Primary category: horror. Forms: reek; reeks; reeked; reeked; reeking Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: reeks.
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