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frocking

frocking is the present participle and gerund of frock.

Meaning of frock

Verb

frock (third-person singular simple present frocks, present participle frocking, simple past and past participle frocked)

  1. (transitive) To clothe (somebody) in a frock.
    • […] Mrs. Parmly-Coles, in thus frocking her daughter, was no jealous cat but a pearl among mothers.1935, Hearst's International Combined with Cosmopolitan, page 113
  2. (transitive) To make (somebody) a cleric.
  3. (US, transitive) 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.1976, The Marine Corps Gazette, volumes 61-62, page 4

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Noun

frocking (countable and uncountable, plural frockings)

  1. material for making frocks

Forms of frocking

pluralfrockings

Questions about frocking

What does frocking mean?
Frocking means material for making frocks.
What is frocking the present participle and gerund of?
Frocking is the present participle and gerund of frock.
What part of speech is frocking?
Frocking is a noun.
What is the plural of frocking?
The plural of frocking is frockings.

Words near frocking in the dictionary

  1. frock-coats
  2. frockcoat
  3. frockcoated
  4. frockcoats
  5. frocked
  6. frocking
  7. frockings
  8. frockish
  9. frockless
  10. frocklike
  11. frocks

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