name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
smoot
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Pronunciation
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smo͞ot
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/smuːt/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -uːt
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CMU ARPABET: S M UW1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A unit of length defined as exactly sixty-seven inches (approximately 1.70 meters).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: humorous
Qualifier: chiefly Greater Boston
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noun
Meaning 3
A small opening built into a dry-stone wall, fence, or hedge to allow sheep (and hares) to pass through; a thirl.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal
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History
Etymology
Likely from the Dutch smout, someone who sold or worked with animal fat.
Derives from the height of Oliver R. Smoot, who had lain on the Harvard Bridge to measure it as a fraternity prank at MIT.
From Middle English *smote, *smotte, from Old Norse smátta (“narrow passageway, gap”), from Proto-Germanic *smēhtǭ (“narrow path”), from Proto-Germanic *smēhaz (“small, narrow”).
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