Definitions

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  • verb Present participle of reek.
  • adjective Totally stinking.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective giving off a strong unpleasant smell
  • adjective wet with secreted or exuded moisture such as sweat or tears

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Examples

  • Others still called them Mujahideen, but, when they did, they made a face-a sneering, distasteful face-the word reeking of deep aversion and deep scorn.

    A Thousand Splendid Suns Hosseini, Khaled 2007

  • His arbour, as he called the reeking outhouse which he shared with the cat and the garden tools, served him also as a sounding-box: and every morning he hummed contentedly one of his favourite songs: O, TWINE ME A BOWER or BLUE

    A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man 2003

  • His arbour, as he called the reeking outhouse which he shared with the cat and the garden tools, served him also as a sounding-box: and every morning he hummed contentedly one of his favourite songs: O, TWINE ME A BOWER or BLUE EYES AND GOLDEN HAIR or THE GROVES OF BLARNEY while the grey and blue coils of smoke rose slowly from his pipe and vanished in the pure air.

    A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Joyce, James, 1882-1941 1922

  • His arbour, as he called the reeking outhouse which he shared with the cat and the garden tools, served him also as a sounding-box: and every morning he hummed contentedly one of his favourite songs: O, TWINE ME A BOWER or BLUE EYES AND GOLDEN HAIR or THE GROVES OF BLARNEY while the grey and blue coils of smoke rose slowly from his pipe and vanished in the pure air.

    A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Joyce, James, 1882-1941 1922

  • His arbour, as he called the reeking outhouse which he shared with the cat and the garden tools, served him also as a sounding-box: and every morning he hummed contentedly one of his favourite songs: O, TWINE ME A BOWER or BLUE EYES AND GOLDEN HAIR or

    A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man James Joyce 1911

  • With a title reeking heavily of the feel-good, and a veritable sitcom of an opening episode that delivers same, "

    Strange Days at 10 Downing 2007

  • Another thing I noted was that all scalps went into a common pile, which a popular novelist would no doubt describe as "reeking" - heaven knows why.

    Isabelle Estelle Bruno 2010

  • Another thing I noted was that all scalps went into a common pile, which a popular novelist would no doubt describe as "reeking" - heaven knows why.

    Flashman And The Redskins Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1982

  • Second sentence shoud have read “I just couldn’t get the notion of smallish john attempting to wreak havoc but only suceeding in reeking out of my mind.”

    Think Progress » Palin says she’s fine with Limbaugh’s use of the ‘r-word.’ 2010

  • But somehow, a filmmaker who describes his work in terms reeking of Jew-hatred does not seem likely to make any constructive contributions on this issue.

    Brad Hirschfield: Holocaust Lessons From Oliver Stone 2010

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