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reeks

reeks is the plural of reek.

reeks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of reek.

Meaning of reek

Noun (1)

reek (countable and uncountable, plural reeks)

  1. A strong unpleasant smell.
  2. (Scotland) Vapour; steam; smoke; fume.
    • Thou mightst as well say, I loue to walke by the
      Counter-gate, which is as hatefull to me, as the reeke of
      a Lime-kill.c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

Noun (2)

reek (plural reeks)

  1. A pile, a heap (as of snow, hay, etc).
    • The fen "dikes" have been filled-in in some districts; and the black reeks remind one of snow-reeks, except for their blackness.1855, The Economist, page 506

Noun (3)

reek (plural reeks)

  1. (Ireland) A hill; a mountain.

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Phrases with reeks

Questions about reeks

What is reeks the plural of?
Reeks is the plural of reek.

Words near reeks in the dictionary

  1. reekier
  2. reekiest
  3. reekin
  4. reeking
  5. reekingly
  6. reeks
  7. reeksome
  8. Reekwich
  9. reeky
  10. reel
  11. reel in

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