frock

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US /fɹɑk/ UK /fɹɒk/ See IPA manual

Freq #22283

Meanings

1

verb
To clothe (somebody) in a frock.

[…] Mrs. Parmly-Coles, in thus frocking her daughter, was no jealous cat but a pearl among mothers.
2

verb
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.
3

noun
a one-piece garment for a woman
4

noun
a habit worn by clerics

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3 noun · a one-piece garment for a... dress

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Forms frocks

Derived forms defrockdisfrockfrockishfrocklessfrocklikehousefrocksunfrockunderfrockunfrock

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frock coat
a man's formal coat with long lower sections reaching toward the knees

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Simplified etymology

Frock entered English in the Late Middle English period from Old French froc, a word of Germanic origin. Its earliest sense was a priest’s or monk’s gown, a meaning preserved in defrock.

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”).

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# frock

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** verb, noun
**IPA (US):** /fɹɑk/
**IPA (UK):** /fɹɒk/
**Frequency rank:** 22283

## Meanings
1. To clothe (somebody) in a frock.
2. To grant to an officer the title and uniform of a rank he will soon be promoted to.
3. a one-piece garment for a woman
4. a habit worn by clerics

## Examples
- […] Mrs. Parmly-Coles, in thus frocking her daughter, was no jealous cat but a pearl among mothers.
- 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.

## Derived Forms
- defrock
- disfrock
- frockish
- frockless
- frocklike
- housefrock
- sunfrock
- underfrock
- unfrock

## 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”).

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