smock

Plural: smocks

Noun

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

Verb

embellish by sewing in straight lines crossing each other diagonally
- "The folk dancers wore smocked shirts"
To provide with, or clothe in, a smock or a smock frock.
To apply smocking.
-ED, -ING, -S to furnish with a smock (a loose outer garment)

Adj

Of or pertaining to a smock; resembling a smock
Hence, of or pertaining to a woman.

Origin / 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.

Synonyms

dust coat, duster, gabardine, gaberdine

Scrabble Score: 13

smock: valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
smock: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
smock: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

smock is a valid Words With Friends word