smoot

English

Etymology 1

Height of Oliver R. Smoot, who lay on the Harvard Bridge to measure it as an MIT fraternity prank.

Pronunciation

• enPR: smo͞ot
• IPA^(key): /smuːt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -uːt

Noun

smoot (plural smoots)

1. (humorous, chiefly Greater Boston) A unit of length defined as exactly sixty-seven inches (approximately 1.70 meters).

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Old Norse smátta.

Noun

smoot (plural smoots)

1. (British, dialectal) A small opening built into a dry-stone wall to allow sheep (and hares) to pass through; a thirl.

Anagrams

• MOTOS, Tooms, moots, motos, stoom, tomos, tooms