frock
Plural: frocks
Noun
- a habit worn by clerics
- a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice
- A dress, a piece of clothing, which consists of a skirt and a cover for the upper body.
- An outer garment worn by priests and other clericals; a habit.
- A sailor's jersey.
- An undress regimental coat.
- A frog.
Verb
Verb Forms: frocked, frocking, frocks
- To clothe someone in a long, loose outer garment.
- put a frock on
- To clothe (somebody) in a frock.
- To make (somebody) a cleric.
- To grant to an officer the title and uniform of a rank he will soon be promoted to.
Examples
- He hoped to frock his opponent’s powerful play by blocking off a triple-word score.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English frok, frokke, from Old French froc (“frock, a monk's gown or habit”), perhaps via Medieval Latin hrocus, roccus, rocus (“a coat”), from Frankish *hrokk (“skirt, dress, robe”), from Proto-Germanic *hrukkaz (“robe, jacket, skirt, tunic”), from Proto-Indo-European *kreḱ- (“to weave”).
Cognate with Old High German hroch, roch (“skirt, dress, cowl”) – whence German Rock (“skirt, coat”) –, Saterland Frisian Rok (“skirt”), Dutch rok (“skirt, petticoat”), Old English rocc (“an overgarment, tunic, rochet”), Old Norse rokkr (“skirt, jacket”), whence Danish rok (“garment”).
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 14
frock: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordfrock: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
frock: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary