smock

IPA: smˈɑk

noun

  • A type of undergarment worn by women; a shift or slip.
  • A blouse; a smock frock.
  • A loose garment worn as protection by a painter, etc.
  • A surname.

verb

  • (transitive) To provide with, or clothe in, a smock or a smock frock.
  • (transitive, sewing) To apply smocking.

adjective

  • Of or pertaining to a smock; resembling a smock
  • Hence, of or pertaining to a woman.
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Examples of "smock" in Sentences

  • I, too, think on Hobbes every time the word smock pops up. smocksmocksmock.
  • Probably it is the sting from not getting that smock, which is entirely understandable.
  • The Pentagon has now said that it allows Bradley Manning to wear a garment at night, which his lawyer described as a smock.
  • A loose, launderable sweater or sweatshirt that lets you move but can go under your smock is another useful item to have in your cleaning closet.
  • After apparent outside pressure on the brig due to my mistreatment, I was given a suicide prevention article of clothing called a "smock" by the guards.
  • From an early age, I believed that when you died, you put on a white satin smock with lace around the cuffs and joined the anonymous army of souls (in heaven if you were lucky).
  • Though attired in this barbarous guise, I did not, of course, dispense with my trousers, which, being black, contrasted somewhat oddly with my primrose-coloured ki ton, as they call the smock, and the dark violet clamis, or plaid.
  • As he stood at the door, a tall young stripling, dressed in what they call a smock frock, with a pitchfork in his hand, came up and, taking his station a little on one side, began to view him from head to foot, scratching his head and grinning.

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