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• present participle of stock.

stocking

American  

[stok-ing] / ˈstɒk ɪŋ /

noun

• stockings
  plural

1. a close-fitting covering for the foot and part of the leg, usually knitted, of wool, cotton, nylon, silk, or similar material.

2. something resembling such a covering.

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idioms

1. in one's stocking feet, wearing stockings, but without shoes.

   Be careful of glass splinters if you walk through here in your stocking feet.

stocking British  

/ ˈstɒkɪŋ /

noun

1. one of a pair of close-fitting garments made of knitted yarn to cover the foot and part or all of the leg

2. something resembling this in position, function, appearance, etc

3. wearing stockings or socks but no shoes

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• half-stocking
  noun
• overstocking
  noun
• stockinged
  adjective
• stockingless
  adjective
• unstockinged
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• stockings
  plural

Etymology

Origin of stocking

First recorded in 1575–85; stock + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

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stocking stockings

Meanwhile, the bearish puts that they had been stocking up on over the past few weeks were getting absolutely crushed, according to Charlie McElligott, a cross-asset strategist at Nomura.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026

The shop in the city's densely packed Mong Kok area was founded in 2022 by a group of former journalists, stocking literature on democracy, authoritarianism and media literacy.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

Also, most healthcare operators can cope well with cost pressures by stocking up on medical supplies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

Workers at the Pacific Islands Club Saipan resort were boarding up windows, securing outdoor furniture and equipment, checking alarm systems and stocking first aid kits on Friday.

From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026

“Isn’t there even one stocking with nothing but a switch in it? My, my, have you all been such good children?”

From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Back in the States several months later I mailed her three pairs of nylon stockings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026

Women would wear dresses and stockings; men would don suits and hats.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 14, 2026

The other DHS clip is a montage of Yuletide cheer — Santa, elves, stockings, dancing — over a sped-up electro-trash remake of Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas is You.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2025

"We hope that whoever is lucky enough to win one of the stockings at auction will pass it down as a family heirloom to be treasured for decades to come," she added.

From BBC ● Dec. 1, 2025

The room was drab in the fresh, hot morning sun, and a pair of silk stockings hung limp and withered from the cord of the windowshade.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

Related Words

• hose
• hosiery
• sock