sock
(sɒk )
Word forms: socks , socking, socked
1. countable noun A2
Socks are pieces of clothing which cover your foot and ankle and are worn inside shoes.
...a pair of knee-length socks.
2. to sock it to phrase [VERB inflects, PHRASE noun]
If someone socks it to another person, they do or say something that makes a great impression on them. [journalism, informal]
Come on, lads. Sock it to 'em.
3. to pull your socks up phrase [VERB inflects]
If you tell someone to pull their socks up, you mean that they should start working or studying harder, because they have been lazy or careless. [British, informal]
He needs to pull his socks up if he is to make a success of his career.
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Idioms:
put a sock in it [British, old-fashioned]
used to tell someone, in a rude way, to stop talking
`Put a sock in it, all of you. I need to tell you something.'
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Collocations:
odd socks thick socks woollen socks
A secondary school has angered parents after 419 pupils were given detention in two days for offences including wearing odd socks.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
You've got odd socks on!
Stammering in Young Children (1988)
An eccentric, he had a habit of wearing odd socks.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
These for her are perfect days. In the winter she wears thick socks, Wellington boots and gloves, and she paints until her fingers are too numb to hold the brush.
Improve Your Landscape Painting
When you feel warmer put on thick, dry cotton socks, and slippers.
Stay Well This Winter (1989)
Her feet are covered with thick socks.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
It has become increasingly difficult to find decent woollen socks in any of our major department stores.
Times, Sunday Times
He was spotted taking a stroll in a tartan blazer, crumpled shorts, woollen socks and a pair of battered trainers.
The Sun
When his grown-up sons come to visit, they have to wear thick woollen socks.
Times, Sunday Times
Shorts were worn with woollen socks on puttees and chaplis, boots or bare feet.
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In order to make it more wind-proof, the tops of woollen socks were often sewn to the cuffs.
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Translations:
Chinese: 袜子
Japanese: ソックス
- stain clothes
- stained
- -stained
- stained glass
- stained-glass
- stainless steel
- stainless steel appliance
- stainless steel bowl
- stainless steel sink
- stain removal
- stair
- staircase
- staircase landing
- staircase leads
- staircase winds
- stairlift
- stair lift
- stairlifts
- stairs lead
- stairway
- stairwell
- stake
- stakeholder
- stakeholder engagement
- stakeholder pension