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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
reeking
    adj 1: wet with secreted or exuded moisture such as sweat or
           tears; "wiped his reeking neck" [syn: reeking,
           watery]
    2: giving off a strong unpleasant smell

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Reek \Reek\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Reeked (r[=e]kt); p. pr. &
   vb. n. Reeking.] [As. r[=e]can. See Reek vapor.]
   To emit vapor, usually that which is warm and moist; to be
   full of fumes; to steam; to smoke; to exhale.
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         Few chimneys reeking you shall espy.     --Spenser.
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         I found me laid
         In balmy sweat, which with his beams the sun
         Soon dried, and on the reeking moisture fed. --Milton.
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         The coffee rooms reeked with tobacco.    --Macaulay.
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Thesaurus Results for Reeking:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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