Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Smoky; soiled with smoke.
- Giving out reek or vapor; giving out fumes or odors, especially offensive odors. See
reek .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Soiled with smoke or steam; smoky; foul.
- adjective Emitting reek.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Soiled with smoke or steam;smoky ;foul . - adjective Emitting
reek .
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Examples
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Something is reeky about this Condederate history month and the response.
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I came home many times to find the burnt and reeky residue from his preferred dish, a stewy mung of canned fish, bamboo shoots, and creamed corn, clinging to the bottom of one of my precious pots.
i know i am, but what are you? SAMANTHA BEE 2010
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I came home many times to find the burnt and reeky residue from his preferred dish, a stewy mung of canned fish, bamboo shoots, and creamed corn, clinging to the bottom of one of my precious pots.
i know i am, but what are you? SAMANTHA BEE 2010
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Defence policy information requests were always answered by the boffins Often referred to as "reeky, pencil-necked, civvy, pukes".
What are you running there MacKay? Dave 2009
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Defence policy information requests were always answered by the boffins Often referred to as "reeky, pencil-necked, civvy, pukes".
Archive 2009-06-01 Dave 2009
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Real leadership takes b*lls (plenty of women have them too, I am not throwing out reeky troll bait) - enough to stand up and LEAD people in the right direction towards constructive solutions.
Council Appoints School Board Members at cvillenews.com 2005
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As we say in Scotland "Awd reeky" by davy on Friday, Nov 9, 2007 at 3: 21: 07 AM
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As we say in Scotland "Awd reeky" by davy on Friday, Nov 9, 2007 at 3: 24: 38 AM
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It was something you could almost smell, like the reeky aroma rising off the hag's skin.
Wizard and Glass King, Stephen 1997
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The smell coming off her was reeky and nauseating-the smell of decomposing flesh.
Wizard and Glass King, Stephen 1997
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