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US
/ˈɹikɪŋ/
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[ UK /ɹˈiːkɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /ɹˈiːkɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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wet with secreted or exuded moisture such as sweat or tears
wiped his reeking neck - giving off a strong unpleasant smell
How To Use reeking In A Sentence
- It does not get spoilt by damp, like tobacco and cloth do; indeed, in addition to the amount of moisture supplied by their reeking climate, they superadd a large quantity of river water to the spirit before it leaves their hands, while with the other articles of trade it is one perpetual grind to keep them free from moisture and mildew. Travels in West Africa
- Captain Sinclair actually waddled out of his roundhouse to converse politely with the Governor while the convicts were lined up on deck under the eyes of the marines on duty, eyes bloodshot and breath reeking, but leather stocks and spatterdashes perfect. Morgan’s Run
- At those words a doctor arrived, clad in the long leather coat and bird-mask of the Plague Years, reeking of pox and fire though London had known neither in more than a lifetime.
- For the eleven-shilling oilskins I was referred to a villainous den in a back street, which the shopman said they always recommended, and where a dirty and bejewelled Hebrew chaffered with me (beginning at 18s.) over two reeking orange slabs distantly resembling moieties of the human figure. The Riddle of the Sands
- Still in her nightclothes, reeking of smoke, and gripping the smoldering diary, Cat rose from her seat to follow Jack. Earl of Durkness
- A gruff officer was waiting for him, reeking of coffee, the edge of his brown mustache darkened by a recent beverage. DO NO HARM
- With the air reeking of smoke, the firefighters got to work in dousing the flames as the flashing blue light of the fire engine lit the neighbourhood.
- The stag is taken to the kennel and skinned, and all the meat cut into small pieces and put again into the hide, and the hounds then, in this cold-blooded way, rush at a mess, instead of the whole pack, in a state of excitement, falling on the hunted animal reeking with fatigue. The Autobiography of Liuetenant-General Sir Harry Smith, Baronet of Aliwal on the Sutlej, G. C. B.
- Frist smiled and spoke unremarkably from the lectern, reeking of silverback testosterone. †Think Progress » ThinkFast: May 24, 2006
- A gruff officer was waiting for him, reeking of coffee, the edge of his brown mustache darkened by a recent beverage. DO NO HARM
