stocking
Americannoun
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stockings
plural
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a close-fitting covering for the foot and part of the leg, usually knitted, of wool, cotton, nylon, silk, or similar material.
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something resembling such a covering.
idioms
noun
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one of a pair of close-fitting garments made of knitted yarn to cover the foot and part or all of the leg
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something resembling this in position, function, appearance, etc
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wearing stockings or socks but no shoes
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
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half-stockingnoun
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overstockingnoun
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stockingedadjective
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stockinglessadjective
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unstockingedadjective
Inflected Forms
Nouns
Etymology
Origin of stocking
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We feature 167 recommendations, ranging from locally made items for L.A. lovers to fun stocking stuffers for kids and adults.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026
Iran and the Gulf states caught in the crossfire, meanwhile, are frenziedly stocking up on missiles and interceptors as if anticipating a return to hostilities.
From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2026
He had just returned home to Reno after dropping out of community college and was working odd jobs sweeping popcorn at a movie theater and stocking shelves at a local 7-Eleven.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
But for Claire there are certain essentials everyone should consider stocking up on when leaving home.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
They rowed anyway, some of them attired in ragged sweat suits, some, incongruously, in shorts and stocking caps.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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
Curtains that once graced the windows of a royal retreat have been turned into Christmas stockings to be auctioned for charity.
From BBC ● Dec. 1, 2025
They put on their stockings and shoes while she made the beds.
From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
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