sock
noun
a short stocking usually reaching to the calf or just above the ankle.
socked
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past participleof sock.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof sock.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
socknouna short stocking usually reaching to the calf or just above the ankle.
Example Sentences
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“As satisfying as it may feel to some people to see Meta get socked by this, at the end of the day it’s going to come back and bite you.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
It was admirable that Wemby played chess and devoured paperbacks, but what was going to happen in crunch time, when an opponent socked him in the gut and tried to shake him?
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
Vietnamese savers have socked away around 400 tonnes of the precious metal at home, according to government auditors.
From Barron's ● Jan. 30, 2026
A 400-mile blanket of fog has socked in California’s Central Valley for weeks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2025
Then at last the opening music came again, with all the different instruments bunched together for each note like a hard, tight fist that socked at her heart.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
