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frock Definition

frock (fräk)

noun

  1. a robe worn by friars, monks, etc.
  2. any of various other garments; specif.,
    1. a tunic, mantle, or long coat formerly worn by men
    2. a smock or smock frock
    3. a girl's or woman's dress
    4. frock coat

Etymology: ME frok < OFr froc, monk's habit (or ML froccus) < Frank *hrokk, cloak

transitive verb

to clothe in a frock

frock Synonyms

frock

n.

frock Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • wear: She were just wearing a little summer cotton frock, a shawl an ' these silver sandals.
  • have: Carol, as the little girl, Jane had a pretty girlie frock made by a friend of hers.
  • make: Carol, as the little girl, Jane had a pretty girlie frock made by a friend of hers.
  • get: So get those posh frocks out ladies and gentlemen, buy a new bow tie!
  • buy: You can pay about the same to hire a designer dress as you would to buy a mass-produced frock.
  • need: She needed that new frock to visit four places including the all all important, Sun Hing Knitting Factory.

Preposition: with

  • tights: Admittedly, the toddler wears summer frocks with wooly tights no matter what the weather; he's a strange lad.

Adjective modifier

  • posh: More time was devoted to the descriptions of the posh frocks than was given to the unions to explain their case against these cuts.
  • frilly: All she has is a bloody frilly frock, he thinks with disgust.
  • pink: Bill's New Frock I get to dress up in a pink frock.
  • pretty: Carol, as the little girl, Jane had a pretty girlie frock made by a friend of hers.
  • white: Lucy was looking sweetly pretty in her white lawn frock.
  • blue: Enter Jessica Martin from bottom stage right, dressed in a stunning sky blue evening frock.

Modifies a noun

  • coat: I've ordered 70 000 frock coats for everyone to wear.

Noun used with modifier

  • smock: The man wears a linen smock frock originally a protective overall.
  • cotton: She were just wearing a little summer cotton frock, a shawl an ' these silver sandals.
  • summer: She were just wearing a little summer cotton frock, a shawl an ' these silver sandals.
  • party: Given the option of his constant channel changing and the heat in the room I told Brian to get his party frock on.
  • evening: Enter Jessica Martin from bottom stage right, dressed in a stunning sky blue evening frock.
  • velvet: The school uniform includes tunics with silk blouses, brown hats with gold bands, and brown velvet frocks for evening wear.
frock Quotes

Wesit†and lookout attheboysintheir happy play†we kneel still with one little cheek wistfully pressed against the pane†and we go and stand before the glass.We see the complexion we were not to spoil, and the white frock† Then the curse begins to act upon us. It finishes its work when we are grown women, who no more look out wistfullyat a more healthy life; we are contented.We fit our sphere as a Chinese woman's foot fits her shoe, exactly, as though God made bothöand yet he knows nothing of either.

—Iron

The most loyal and faithful woman indulges her imagination in a hypothetical liaison whenever she dons a new street frock for the first time.

—Nathan, GeorgeJean

She wore a frock of frolic green.

—Drayton, Michael

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