What does SMOCK mean?

Definitions for SMOCK
smɒksmock

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. duster, gaberdine, gabardine, smock, dust coatverb

    a loose coverall (coat or frock) reaching down to the ankles

  2. smockverb

    embellish by sewing in straight lines crossing each other diagonally

    "The folk dancers wore smocked shirts"

Wiktionary

  1. smocknoun

    A woman's undergarment; a shift; a chemise.

    In her smock, with head and foot all bare. Chaucer.

  2. smocknoun

    A blouse.

  3. smocknoun

    A loose garment worn as protection by a painter, etc.

  4. smockverb

    To provide with, or clothe in, a smock or a smock frock. Alfred Tennyson.

  5. smockverb

    To apply smocking.

  6. smockadjective

    Of or pertaining to a smock; resembling a smock

  7. smockadjective

    Hence, of or pertaining to a woman.

  8. Etymology: From smoc; akin to Old High German smocho, Icelandic smokkr, and from the root of Old English smgan, akin to German schmiegen. Middle High German smiegen, Icelandic smjga; compare with Lithuanian smukti. See also smug, smuggle.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Smocknoun

    Etymology: smoc , Saxon.

    Her body covered with a light taffeta garment, so cut, as the wrought smock came through it in many places. Philip Sidney.

    How do’st thou look now? oh ill-starr’d wench!
    Pale as thy smock! when we shall meet at compt;
    This look of thine will hurl my soul from heav’n. William Shakespeare.

    Their apparel was linnen breeches, and over that a smock close girt unto them with a towel. George Sandys.

    Though Artemisia talks by fits,
    Of councils, classicks, fathers, wits;
    Reads Malbranche, Boyle, and Locke:
    Yet in some things, methinks, she fails,
    ’Twere well, if she would pair her nails,
    And wear a cleaner smock. Jonathan Swift.

    At smock treason, matron, I believe you;
    And if I were your husband; but when I
    Trust to your cob-web bosoms any other,
    Let me there die a fly, and feast you, spider. Ben Jonson.

    Plague on his smock-loyalty!
    I hate to see a brave bold fellow sotted,
    Made sour and senseless, turn’d to whey by love. Dryden.

ChatGPT

  1. smock

    A smock is a type of loose, protective garment worn to prevent the wearer's regular clothes from getting dirty, typically by people engaging in manual labor, crafting, or painting. It can also refer to a loose dress or blouse, having a shape that hangs loosely from the shoulders.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Smocknoun

    a woman's under-garment; a shift; a chemise

  2. Smocknoun

    a blouse; a smoock frock

  3. Smockadjective

    of or pertaining to a smock; resembling a smock; hence, of or pertaining to a woman

  4. Smockverb

    to provide with, or clothe in, a smock or a smock frock

  5. Etymology: [AS. smocc; akin to OHG. smocho, Icel. smokkr, and from the root of AS. smgan to creep, akin to G. schmiegen to cling to, press close, MHG. smiegen, Icel. smjga to creep through, to put on a garment which has a hole to put the head through; cf. Lith. smukti to glide. Cf. Smug, Smuggle.]

Wikidata

  1. Smock

    Smock is a census-designated place located in Franklin and Menallen Townships in Fayette County in the state of Pennsylvania. It is located roughly half way between the borough of Perryopolis and the city of Uniontown, and is part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. As of the 2010 census the population was 583.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Smock

    smok, n. a woman's shift: a smock-frock.—v.t. to clothe in a smock or smock-frock.—adj. Smock′-faced, pale-faced.—ns. Smock′-frock, an outer garment of coarse white linen worn over the other clothes in the south of England; Smock′-race, a race for the prize of a smock. [A.S. smoc, perh. from A.S. smeógan, to creep into.]

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. SMOCK

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Smock is ranked #7485 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Smock surname appeared 4,452 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 would have the surname Smock.

    94.6% or 4,214 total occurrences were White.
    1.7% or 77 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.3% or 61 total occurrences were Black.
    1.2% or 54 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    0.5% or 23 total occurrences were Asian.
    0.5% or 23 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of SMOCK in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of SMOCK in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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