reeking

English

Alternative forms

• reekin (Geordie)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹiːkɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -iːkɪŋ

Verb

reeking

1. present participle and gerund of reek

Adjective

reeking (not comparable)

1. Totally stinking.
   • 1960 December, “The Glasgow Suburban Electrification is opened”, in Trains Illustrated, page 713:

     The station has been refurbished both at ground level and below ground, where the wide, fluorescently lit platforms are an almost unrecognisable metamorphosis of the dingy, reeking Low Level of old.

Translations

totally stinking

• Portuguese: catinguento m