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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Socks

FromMiddle Englishsocke,sokke,sok, fromOld Englishsocc(“sock, light shoe, slipper”), aWest Germanic borrowing fromLatinsoccus(“a light shoe or slipper, buskin”), fromAncient Greekσύκχος(súkkhos,“a kind of shoe”), probably fromPhrygian or from anAnatolian language. Beekes comparesAvestan𐬵𐬀𐬑𐬀(haxa,“sole of the foot”). Cognate withScotssok(“sock, stocking”),West Frisiansok(“sock”),Dutchsok(“sock”),GermanSocke(“sock”),Danishsok,sokke(“sock”),Swedishsock,socka(“sock”),Icelandicsokkur(“sock”).Doublet ofzocco; also related tozoccolo,socle, andzocalo.

Noun

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sock (pluralsocksor(informal, nonstandard)sox)

  2. (clothing) Aknitted orwoven covering for the foot.
  3. (historical, uncommon)Synonym ofsoccus, alightshoe worn byAncient Greek andRomancomedicactors.
  4. A cat's or dog's lower leg that is a different color (usually white) from the color pattern on the rest of the animal.
    Synonym:mitten
  5. (Internetslang) Asock puppet(type of online account).
  6. (aviation, informal)Ellipsis ofwindsock.
    • 1985 March 21,National Transportation Safety Board, “1.1 History of the Flight”, inAircraft Accident Report: United Airlines Flight 663, Boeing 727-222, N7647U, Denver, Colorado, May 31, 1984‎[1], page 4:
      At 1331:58, UA Flight 757 reported that it was ready for takeoff on runway 35R. However, at 1332:05, 7 seconds later, it reported, "Ah, this is seven fifty seven, oursock sitting in front of us gives us a pretty good tail wind so we're not ready to go yet." The controller asked the flight to advise him when conditions were better.
  7. (firearms, informal)Ellipsis ofgun sock.
  8. Asleeve for amicrophone to reducenoise.
    • 2024, Minelle Mahtani,May It Have a Happy Ending, page42:
      Turns out asock is a soft cylindrical cover that goes over the mic. Thesock sat forlornly on the table. It looked lonely. It reminded me of me. Aaron told me I punctuated myp's too much — I'm too punchy — and that I needed to soften how I spoke. He told me to put thesock on the mic.
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Translations
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covering for the foot
Greco-Roman shoe
violent blow, punch
sock puppet—seesock puppet
gun sock—seegun sock

Etymology 2

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Onomatopoeic. Compare Portuguesesoco ("a hit with one's hand; a punch").

Alternative forms

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  • (W. Eng. dial.):zock

Interjection

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sock

  1. The sound of a punch or powerful blow.
    • 1989 June 5,The Canberra Times, Australia Captial Territory, page10, column 2:
      Whap, Biff, Ooooof,Sock, Pow, Zok!Batman is back. Gotham City is again leaving its law and order in the hands of a man who wears plastic underpants over his tights.

Verb

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sock (third-person singular simple presentsocks,present participlesocking,simple past and past participlesocked)

  1. (slang, transitive) Tohit orstrike violently; to deliver a blow to.
    • 1925 July –1926 May,A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “In which Professor Challenger Goes Forth to Battle”, inThe Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia:Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
      "We must get the old dear out," said Lord Roxton to Malone. "He'll be had for manslaughter if we don't. What I mean, he's not responsible - he'llsock someone and be lagged for it."
    • 1951,J. D. Salinger, chapter 13, inThe Catcher in the Rye, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company,→OCLC:
      What you should be is not yellow at all. If you're supposed tosock somebody in the jaw, and you sort of feel like doing it, you should do it.
    • 1951,James Jones,From Here to Eternity, Book Four:
      They may let you off the first time because you're new maybe. But the second time they'llsock it to you, give you a couple of days in the Hole, then throw you in Number Two.
    • 1961 November 10,Joseph Heller, “The Eternal City”, inCatch-22 […], New York, N.Y.:Simon and Schuster,→OCLC,page428:
      He wondered how many people were destitute that same night even in his own prosperous country, how many homes were shanties, how many husbands were drunk and wivessocked, and how many children were bullied, abused or abandoned.
    • 2015 August 1, Ed Vulliamy, quotingWilliam F. Buckley Jr., “‘Don’t call me a crypto-Nazi!’ The lost heart of political debate”, inThe Guardian‎[2]:
      As part of ABC’s coverage of the police “blue riot” that ensued in Chicago – batons cracking student skulls – Vidal calls Buckley a “crypto-Nazi” for justifying the brutality, to which Buckley snaps: “Listen to me you queer, stop calling me a crypto-Nazi or I’llsock you in the goddamn face and you’ll stay plastered.”
  2. (slang, transitive) Tothrow.
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Noun

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sock (pluralsocks)

  1. (slang) A violentblow; apunch.

Adjective

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sock (notcomparable)

  1. (slang, dated) Extremely successful.
    • 1960,Billboard magazine reviewer
      Sock performance on a catchy rhythm ditty with infectious tempo.
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Etymology 3

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FromFrenchsoc.

Noun

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sock (pluralsocks)

  1. Aploughshare.
    • D. Brewster,The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia
      In Wexford, the beam is shorter than in any of the other counties, and thesock in general is of cast iron.

Etymology 4

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Fromsocket.

Noun

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sock (pluralsocks)

  1. (computing, networking)Abbreviation ofsocket.

Swedish

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Socks

Etymology

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Seesocka

Noun

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sock c

  1. sock

Declension

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Declension ofsock
nominativegenitive
singularindefinitesocksocks
definitesockensockens
pluralindefinitesockarsockars
definitesockarnasockarnas

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