Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A woman's dress.
- noun A long loose outer garment, as that worn by artists and craftspeople; a smock.
- noun A woolen garment formerly worn by sailors; a jersey.
- noun A robe worn by monks, friars, and other clerics; a habit.
- transitive verb To clothe in a frock.
- transitive verb To invest with clerical office.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A garment with large sleeves worn by monks.
- noun A garment covering the body and worn by either sex.
- noun The principal outer garment of women: a term partly abandoned in recent times for the indistinctive word dress and the word gown, but still retained, particularly in the British islands, for the outer garment, consisting of a bodice or waist and a skirt, worn by children.
- noun Same as
frock-coat . - noun In the British service, the undress regimental coat of the guards, artillery, and royal marines.
- noun A sort of worsted netting worn by sailors, often in lieu of a shirt. Also called a Guernsey frock. Jamieson.
- To supply or cover with a frock; hence, to invest with the privileges of those whose distinctive dress is a frock, as of a monk. See
frock , n., 1. - noun A frog.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To clothe in a frock.
- transitive verb To make a monk of. Cf.
Unfrock . - noun A loose outer garment; especially, a gown forming a part of European modern costume for women and children; also, a coarse shirtlike garment worn by some workmen over their other clothes; a smock frock.
- noun A coarse gown worn by monks or friars, and supposed to take the place of all, or nearly all, other garments. It has a hood which can be drawn over the head at pleasure, and is girded by a cord.
- noun a body coat for men, usually double-breasted, the skirts not being in one piece with the body, but sewed on so as to be somewhat full.
- noun See in the Vocabulary.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun dialectal A
frog . - noun A
dress , a piece of clothing for afemale , which consists of askirt and a cover for the upper body. - noun An outer
garment worn by priests and other clericals, ahabit . - verb To clothe in a frock.
- verb To make a cleric.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a habit worn by clerics
- noun a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice
- verb put a frock on
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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What the frock is your frocking problem with the word frock, motherfrocker?
Jezebel 2008
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She really went out on a limb -- her right arm, specifically -- choosing an asymmetrical Lanvin frock that looks like two dresses rolled into one.
Julianne Moore's Two Dresses Rolled Into One: Hit Or Miss? (PHOTOS, POLL) The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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She really went out on a limb -- her right arm, specifically -- choosing an asymmetrical Lanvin frock that looks like two dresses rolled into one.
Julianne Moore's Two Dresses Rolled Into One: Hit Or Miss? (PHOTOS, POLL) The Huffington Post News Editors 2010
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A couple of business men, dressed in frock coats and striped trousers, each carrying gloves and swinging a cane, came by on their way to the Ferry Building and stopped to talk with Daddy.
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She really went out on a limb -- her right arm, specifically -- choosing an asymmetrical Lanvin frock that looks like two dresses rolled into one.
Julianne Moore's Two Dresses Rolled Into One: Hit Or Miss? (PHOTOS, POLL) Hilary Moss 2010
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Her blouse was a revealing off white satin frock -- that had little bows down the front.
Linda Grasso: Paris Runway Report: Celebrity Watching at Chanel Linda Grasso 2010
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I would be happy only ever dressing in frock coats.
Okay, okay, I admit defeat... here are my 25 random things Stephen Tall 2009
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She really went out on a limb -- her right arm, specifically -- choosing an asymmetrical Lanvin frock that looks like two dresses rolled into one.
Julianne Moore's Two Dresses Rolled Into One: Hit Or Miss? (PHOTOS, POLL) Hilary Moss 2010
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I would be happy only ever dressing in frock coats.
Archive 2009-02-01 Stephen Tall 2009
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She really went out on a limb -- her right arm, specifically -- choosing an asymmetrical Lanvin frock that looks like two dresses rolled into one.
Julianne Moore's Two Dresses Rolled Into One: Hit Or Miss? (PHOTOS, POLL) The Huffington Post News Editors 2010
Prolagus commented on the word frock
I'll make another movie
Same one as the year before
I'm looking for a story
Something ludicrous to come up from the street
I won't play another heavyweight
I won't play another big John Shaft
Put me in a frock and leave me to recite
Maybe my career will die.
(Big John Shaft, by Belle and Sebastian)
September 16, 2008
super-george commented on the word frock
......... :-D
September 10, 2009