How to Pronounce "smoot"
word
ˈsmut
SMOOT
smuːt
SMOOT
Definition
A 'smoot' is a humorous and unofficial unit of length, about 1.7 meters (5 feet 7 inches), originally created as a joke when a student named Oliver Smoot was measured to span the Harvard Bridge.
IPA Transcription
American English
ˈsmut
British English
smuːt
Simplified Pronunciation
US
SMOOT
UK
SMOOT
Listen in Context
One smoot is about 1.7 meters long.
The Harvard Bridge is 364.4 smoots long.
A smoot is not a standard unit of measurement.
Engineers at MIT love to joke about smoots.