Cosa (chi) è Reek - definizione
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Reek (disambiguation)
reek
I. n.
1.
Smoke, steam, exhalation, vapor, effluvium, fume, mist.
2.
Rick, stack.
II. v. n.
Smoke, steam, exhale, emit vapor.
reek
¦ verb
1. have a foul smell.
archaic give off smoke, steam, or fumes.
2. (reek of) be suggestive of (something unpleasant).
¦ noun
1. a foul smell.
2. chiefly Scottish smoke.
Derivatives
reeky adjective
Origin
OE reocan 'give out smoke or vapour', rec (n.) 'smoke', of Gmc origin.
reek
v.
1)(d; intr.) to reek of (to reek of alcohol)
2) (d; intr.) to reek with (to reek with sweat)
Esempi di pronuncia per Reek
1. her landing's a sickening reek.
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2. "You need anything else?" Pentle asks. He wrinkles his nose as new reek wafts from the
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3. in the next room and the reek of the one kid's poopy pants, but I'm stumped as to what it
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Esempi dal corpus di testo per Reek
1. Parts of the novel reek of magnolia and cloying sentimentalism.
2. Lang may yer lum reek, as Gray himself might say.
3. For a stink to get noticed in this town, it really has to reek.
4. All of Bush‘s complaints about runaway entitlement spending reek of hypocrisy.
5. "Many conflicts, foreign policy actions and diplomatic protests reek of oil and gas," Putin said.