Definitions for Reek
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. malodor, malodour, stench, stink, reek, fetor, foetor, mephitisverb

   a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant

2. smack, reek, smellverb

   have an element suggestive (of something)

   "his speeches smacked of racism"; "this passage smells of plagiarism"

3. reek, stinkverb

   smell badly and offensively

   "The building reeks of smoke"

4. reek, fumeverb

   be wet with sweat or blood, as of one's face

5. reekverb

   give off smoke, fumes, warm vapour, steam, etc.

   "Marshes reeking in the sun"

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. REEKnoun

   Etymology: rec , Saxon: reuke, Dutch.

   1. Smoke; steam; vapour.

   ’Tis as hateful to me as the reek of a lime kiln. William Shakespeare.

   2. [ Reke, German, any thing piled up.]A pile of corn or hay.

   Nor barns at home, nor reeks are rear’d abroad. Dryden.

   The covered reek, much in use westward, must needs prove of great advantage in wet harvests. John Mortimer.

2. To Reekverb

   Etymology: recan , Saxon.

   1. To smoke; to steam; to emit vapour.

   They redoubled strokes upon the foe,
   Except they meant to bathe in reeking wounds,
   Or memorise another Golgotha. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   To the battle came he; where he did
   Run reeking o’er the lives of men, as if
   ’Twere a perpetual spoil. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.

   You remember
   How under my oppression I did reek,
   When I first mov’d you. William Shakespeare.

   Dying like men, though buried in your dunghills,
   They shall be fam’d; for there the sun shall greet them,
   And draw their honours reeking up to heav’n. William Shakespeare.

   I found me laid
   In balmy sweat; which with his beams the sun
   Soon dry’d, and on the reeking moisture fed. John Milton.

   Love one descended from a race of tyrants,
   Whose blood yet reeks on my avenging sword. Smith.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Reeknoun

   a rick

2. Reeknoun

   vapor; steam; smoke; fume

3. Reekverb

   to emit vapor, usually that which is warm and moist; to be full of fumes; to steam; to smoke; to exhale

4. Etymology: [As. rcan. See Reek vapor.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Reek

   rēk, n. smoke: vapour.—v.i. to emit smoke or vapour: to steam.—adj. Reek′y, full of reek: smoky: soiled with steam or smoke: foul. [A.S. réc; Ice. reykr, Ger. rauch, Dut. rook, smoke.]

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. REEK

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Reek is ranked #57516 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Reek surname appeared 354 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Reek.
   
   91.5% or 324 total occurrences were White.
   5.3% or 19 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.4% or 5 total occurrences were Black.

Matched Categories

1. • Emit
   • Exude
   • Smell
   • Suggest

Anagrams for Reek »

1. eker

How to pronounce Reek?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Reek in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Reek in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Reek in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Reek
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Reek
3. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Reek
4. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Reek
5. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html