Sock

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The American HeritageĀ® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A short stocking reaching a point between the ankle and the knee.
  • n. Meteorology A windsock.
  • n. A light shoe worn by comic actors in ancient Greek and Roman plays.
  • n. Comic drama; comedy: "He . . . knew all niceties of the sock and buskinā€ ( Byron).
  • v. To provide with socks.
  • phrasal-verb. sock away Informal To put (money) away in a safe place for future use.
  • phrasal-verb. sock in To close to air traffic: fog that socked in the airport.
  • v. To hit or strike forcefully; punch.
  • verb-intransitive. To deliver a blow.
  • n. A hard blow or punch.
  • idiom. sock it to (someone) Slang To deliver a forceful comment, reprimand, or physical blow to someone else.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A knitted or woven covering for the foot
  • n. A shoe worn by Greco-Roman comedy actors
  • n. A violent blow, punch
  • n. A shortened version of (Internet) sock puppet
  • v. To hit or strike violently
  • v. To deliver a blow
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A plowshare.
  • n. The shoe worn by actors of comedy in ancient Greece and Rome, -- used as a symbol of comedy, or of the comic drama, as distinguished from tragedy, which is symbolized by the buskin.
  • n. A knit or woven covering for the foot and lower leg; a stocking with a short leg.
  • n. A warm inner sole for a shoe.
  • v. To hurl, drive, or strike violently; -- often with it as an object.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A light shoe worn by the ancient actors of comedy; hence, comedy, in distinction from tragedy, which is symbolized by the buskin.
  • n. A knitted or woven covering for the foot, shorter than a stocking; a stocking reaching but a short distance above the ankle.
  • n. A sandal, wooden patten, or clog for the feet, worn by the friars called Recollets.
  • n. A plowshare; a movable share slipped over the sole of a plow.
  • To sew up.
  • n. Same as soke.
  • To throw; especially, to hurl or send with swiftness and violence: as, to sock a ball.
  • To hit hard; pitch into: as, to sock one in the eye.
  • With an impersonal it, to strike a hard blow; give a drubbing: as, sock it to him!
  • n. A dialectal form of sog.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. hosiery consisting of a cloth covering for the foot; worn inside the shoe; reaches to between the ankle and the knee
  • v. hit hard
  • n. a truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast; used (e.g., at airports) to show the direction of the wind
  • Antonym
    buskin   
    Verb Form
    socked    socking    socks   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    hit    visual signal   
    Cross Reference
    shoe    broad-finned   
    Form
    sock away    sock in   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    plowshare    half hose   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bach    Bangkok    Bloch    Block    Brock    Doc    Dock    Glock    Iraq    Jacques   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    stocking    sweater    shirt    underwear    Jeans    slipper    glove    shoe    leggings    vest