SMOCK
What does "SMOCK" mean?
A loose protective overgarment worn to keep clothes clean while working.
Meanings
- A loose outer garment worn over clothing to protect it, as by artists or workers. The painter wiped her hands on a paint-spattered smock.
- A loose, often gathered dress or blouse, sometimes decoratively pleated. She wore a blue cotton smock to the garden party.
- To decorate fabric by gathering it into ornamental pleats held with stitches. Her grandmother smocked the front of every baby dress. technical
Did you know?
- The decorative needlework called 'smocking' is named after the smock: gathering cloth into elastic pleats let a loose work-shirt stretch before stretch fabrics existed.
Word origin
From Old English 'smoc', a woman's undergarment, related to words meaning to creep or slip into; the decorative pleating technique 'smocking' takes its name from the garment.
Remember it
Put a SMOCK on before the SMOG of paint and clay settles on your good shirt.
A little poem
She buttons the old smock, already stained-
armor for the mess that means the work is real.
couplet
Wordplay
- The painter refused to dress up for the gala - she said her smock was already a work of art.
What it teaches
Wear something you can ruin, and you free your hands to actually make a mess.
Quick facts
What does SMOCK mean?
A loose protective overgarment worn to keep clothes clean while working.
Is SMOCK a valid word?
Yes — SMOCK is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is SMOCK?
SMOCK has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does SMOCK come from?
From Old English 'smoc', a woman's undergarment, related to words meaning to creep or slip into; the decorative pleating technique 'smocking' takes its name from the garment.
What can SMOCK teach us?
Wear something you can ruin, and you free your hands to actually make a mess.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.