English Explanatory Dictionary

smock

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A type of undergarment worn by women; a shift or slip.
  2. A blouse; a smock frock.
  3. A loose garment worn as protection by a painter, etc.
adj
  1. Of or pertaining to a smock; resembling a smock
  2. Hence, of or pertaining to a woman.
verb
  1. To provide with, or clothe in, a smock or a smock frock.
  2. To apply smocking.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/smɒk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-smock.wav /smɑk/

Word forms

smock smocks smocking smocked

Etymology

From Middle English smok, from Old English smocc, smoc, from Proto-Germanic *smukkaz (“something slipped into”). Akin to Old High German smocho, Icelandic smokkur, and from the root of Old English smugan (“to creep”), akin to German schmiegen (“to cling to, press close”). Middle High German smiegen, Icelandic smjúga (“to creep through, to put on a garment which has a hole to put the head through”); compare with Lithuanian smukti (“to glide”). See also smug, smuggle.

Derived words

lady smock lady's smock land smock smell-smock smock-face smock-faced smockful smockless smocklike smock-smelling smock mill smock race smocker
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