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How to spell smirk
What it means: A smile that shows smugness or scorn.
In a sentence: The cat had a funny smirk when it found the hidden treat.
The part people get wrong
Often misspelled as smirck or smurk.
Same family: smirks, smirked, smirking, smile, grin. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.
Where it comes from: “Smirk” comes from Old English *smercian*, meaning ‘to smile’ or ‘to laugh’, but over time it shifted to suggest a sly or self-satisfied smile rather than a friendly one.
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