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frock

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Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
15
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/fɹɒk/ (UK)
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/fɹɒk/ (UK) · /fɹɑk/

Definition of frock

9 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A dress, a piece of clothing, which consists of a skirt and a cover for the upper body.
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noun

  1. A dress, a piece of clothing, which consists of a skirt and a cover for the upper body.
  2. An outer garment worn by priests and other clericals; a habit.
  3. A sailor's jersey.
  4. An undress regimental coat.
  5. (dialectal)A frog.

verb

  1. (transitive)To clothe (somebody) in a frock.
    “[…] Mrs. Parmly-Coles, in thus frocking her daughter, was no jealous cat but a pearl among mothers.”
  2. (transitive)To make (somebody) a cleric.
  3. (US, transitive)To grant to an officer the title and uniform of a rank he will soon be promoted to.
    “MajGen Richard G. Schulze […] was selected for two-star rank by members of the January selection board. He was frocked on 27 Jan and assigned new duties as CG, MCRD, San Diego.”

name

  1. A surname.

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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”),…

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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”).

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