smerk

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/smɜː(ɹ)k/

A form of smirk — An uneven, often crooked smile that is insolent, self-satisfied, conceited or scornful.

Scrabble 11

Meanings

nounsmerk (plural smerks)

plural smerks

  1. datedDated form of smirk.
    1 more example

    “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.

    1859, Charles Reade, Love Me Little, Love Me Long
verbsmerk (third-person singular simple present smerks, present participle smerking, simple past and past participle smerked)

present singular third person smerks · participle present smerking · participle past smerked · past smerked

  1. datedDated form of smirk.

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “smerk,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smerk.

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