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sock
I. \ˈsäk\ noun
(-s ; see sense 2a)
Etymology: Middle English socke, sokke, from Old English socc, from Latin soccus, a low-heeled light shoe, slipper, sock; akin to Greek sykchos, a shoe, sock, Avestan haxa sole of the foot
1. archaic : a low shoe or slipper
2.
a. or plural sox \-ks\ : a knitted or woven covering for the foot usually extending above the ankle and sometimes to the knee and worn inside the shoe or other footwear
b. : a soft protective covering (as for the head of a golf club) resembling a sock
c. : sock lining
d. [by shortening] : wind sock
3.
a. : a shoe worn by actors in Greek and Roman comedy
b. : comedy as a literary or theatrical form : the comic stage — compare buskin 2b
4. : a receptacle for savings
< in France, the money tends to disappear into the sock; here it goes into circulation — Frank Gorrell >
5. : a usually white band of foot color extending to the fetlock
< a horse with three white socks >
6. : stocking 2c
II. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
: to furnish socks to : put socks on
III. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English sok, sokk, from Middle French soc, from Old French — more at socket
chiefly Scotland : plowshare
IV. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse sökkva to cause to sink, sökkva to sink — more at sink
transitive verb
: to hit, strike, or apply forcefully
< hailstones as big as pullet eggs were socking me on the head — Springfield (Massachusetts) Union >
< I pick a good one and sock it — Babe Ruth >
< socked the hot iron to the calf's side — Lewis Nordyke >
intransitive verb
: to deliver a blow : hit
< a miracle that a person as old … could sock as hard or holler as loud as she could — J.T.Farrell >
< the bull lunged forward and socked against the mattress shield that protected the horse — Barnaby Conrad >
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- sock it to
V. noun
(-s)
1. : a vigorous or violent blow
< got a sock in the belly from somebody that made him plenty sick — H.A.Sinclair >
2. : force, punch
< surface-to-surface missiles will add new sock to the Army's firepower — Time >
VI. adjective
Etymology: sock (IV)
1. slang : having a loud or forceful quality
< dazzling chorus work and sock arrangements — Douglas Watt >
2. slang : highly successful
< wrote a sock first play and can't get on with a second — Time >
VII. intransitive verb
Etymology: probably imitative
dialect England : sigh |