verb
- to have a strong, unpleasant smell
- to give a strong impression of something undesirable
noun
- a strong, unpleasant smell
Examples
- The garbage can reeked in the summer heat.
- His clothes reeked of cigarette smoke.
- The whole situation reeks of corruption.
- Her excuse reeks of dishonesty.
- The reek from the fish market was overwhelming.
- There was a terrible reek coming from the basement.
- The room reeked so badly we had to open all the windows.