smoot

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A funny measure of length equal to about 1.7 meters

noun
/smuːt/

Jargon

: smoot

Boot time, smoot time.

Examples

The bridge was measured to be 10 smoots long, making it a reliable reference for engineers.
He joked that the new car was exactly three smoots in length, which got everyone laughing.
During the presentation, she used a smoot to demonstrate the height of the building.

Surface Forms

smoot singular

smoots plural

Etymology

The word smoot is a funny unit of length named after a student who was used as the measuring 'stick' when his classmates laid him end-to-end across a bridge. Like the unit foot, which comes from a body part, the smoot began as someone's height, so it is a playful way to measure distance today.