adjective
General Slang
reekin
REE-kin · adjective · informal
Smoking; also stinking or very drunk
0
Definitions
1
Smoking or giving off smoke/steam; figuratively, stinking, or blind drunk.
“The lum was reekin awa in the cauld air.”
by community
0
reekin In A Sentence
The lum was reekin awa in the cauld air.
Origin & Usage
Scots 'reek' (smoke), from Old English 'rēc'.
People Also Ask
What does reekin mean?
Literally it means smoking or steaming, but it's also used figuratively to mean stinking, or blind drunk.
Where does reekin come from?
From the Scots word 'reek', meaning smoke, which comes from Old English 'rēc'. 'Auld Reekie' is a nickname for smoky old Edinburgh.
Does reekin mean drunk?
It can — 'reekin' is one of many Scots words for being very drunk, alongside its literal 'smoking' sense.
Comments 0