Meaning

(clothing) A knitted or woven covering for the foot..

Definitions by Sense

1. (clothing) A knitted or woven covering for the foot.
2. (historical, uncommon) Synonym of soccus, a light shoe worn by Ancient Greek and Roman comedic actors.
3. The lower leg of an animal (of an animal) that is a different color (usually white) from the color pattern on the rest of the animal.
4. A sleeve for a microphone to reduce noise.
5. (firearms, informal) Ellipsis of gun sock.
6. (Internet slang) Ellipsis of sock puppet.
7. (aviation, informal) Ellipsis of windsock.
8. The sound of a punch or powerful blow.

Example Sentences

Turns out a sock is a soft cylindrical cover that goes over the mic. The sock sat forlornly on the table. It looked lonely. It reminded me of me. Aaron told me I punctuated my ps too much — I'm too punchy — and that I needed to soften how I spoke. He told me to put the sock' on the mic.

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, our sock 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.

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.

"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'll sock someone and be lagged for it."

What you should be is not yellow at all. If you're supposed to sock somebody in the jaw, and you sort of feel like doing it, you should do it.

They may let you off the first time because you're new maybe. But the second time they'll sock it to you, give you a couple of days in the Hole, then throw you in Number Two.

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 wives socked, and how many children were bullied, abused or abandoned.

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’ll sock you in the goddamn face and you’ll stay plastered.”

Word Forms

• socks
• sox
• zock
• socking
• socked

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Use sock when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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