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.

Anagrams

• Kmers, Merks, kmers, merks, Krems