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sock

1
[ sok ]
/ sɒk /

noun, plural socks or for 1, also sox.

a short stocking usually reaching to the calf or just above the ankle.
a lightweight shoe worn by ancient Greek and Roman comic actors.
comic writing for the theater; comedy or comic drama.Compare buskin(def 4).
Furniture. a raised vertical area of a club or pad foot.
sock puppet(def 3).

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Words related to sock

belt, ding, smash, soak, chop, bop, clout, punch, buffet, nail, beat, smack, cuff, slap, paste, whack

Words nearby sock

sociopolitical, sociopsychological, socioreligious, sociosexual, sociotechnological, sock, sock away, sock in, sock it to, sock lining, sock puppet

Idioms for sock

    knock one's/the socks off. knock(def 29).

Origin of sock

1
before 900; Middle English socke, Old English socc ≪ Latin soccus slipper

OTHER WORDS FROM sock

sock·less, adjectivesock·less·ness, noun

Definition for socks (2 of 2)

Origin of sock

2
First recorded in 1690–1700; origin uncertain
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British Dictionary definitions for socks (1 of 2)

sock1
/ (sɒk) /

noun

verb

(tr) to provide with socks
socked in US and Canadian slang (of an airport) closed by adverse weather conditions

Word Origin for sock

Old English socc a light shoe, from Latin soccus, from Greek sukkhos

British Dictionary definitions for socks (2 of 2)

sock2
/ (sɒk) slang /

verb

(usually tr) to hit with force
sock it to to make a forceful impression on

noun

a forceful blow

Word Origin for sock

C17: of obscure origin
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