smerk

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /smɜː(ɹ)k/
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)k

Noun

smerk (plural smerks)

  1. Dated form of smirk.
    • 1859, Charles Reade, Love Me Little, Love Me Long:
      “Ah! what a capital idea! then we shall pass for sisters. I dare say I have got some old thing or other that will match yours; but you had better tell me at once what you do mean to wear.”
      “A gown, a pair of gloves, and a smerk”; and with this heartless expression of nonchalance Lucy glided away and escaped the impending shower.

Verb

smerk (third-person singular simple present smerks, present participle smerking, simple past and past participle smerked)

  1. Dated form of smirk.

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