To Reek
- (intransitive) To have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To be evidently associated with something unpleasant.
- (archaic, intransitive) To be emitted or exhaled, emanate, as of vapour or perfume.
- (archaic, intransitive) To emit smoke or vapour; to steam.
- (transitive, rare) To cause (something) to smell. [from 19th c.]