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- n a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant
- v have an element suggestive (of something)
- v smell badly and offensively
The building reeks of smoke - v be wet with sweat or blood, as of one's face
- v give off smoke, fumes, warm vapour, steam, etc.
Marshes reeking in the sun
- David Letterman joked that it would reek of cigarettes and bubble gum.
- If it's clear that a company is paying a Twitter user to put in a good word for them, will the message ring true or reek of desperation? "Oh no," says Tom Aiello, spokesman for .
- The smell is the first thing that leaves you speechless: from the toxic singe of burning plastic to the reek of scattered sewage.