sock
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English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
- From Old English socc, a West Germanic borrowing from Latin soccus, from Ancient Greek σύκχος (sunkhos, “a kind of shoe”), probably from Phrygian or another language from Asia Minor.
Noun [edit]
- A knitted or woven covering for the foot
- A shoe worn by Greco-Roman comedy actors
- A violent blow, punch
- A shortened version of (Internet) sock puppet
- "For enemies near are enemies known though socks are a bother he feels at last not alone"[1]
- (firearms, informal) a gun sock
Derived terms [edit]
Terms derived from sock (noun)
Translations [edit]
covering for the foot
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blow, punch
References [edit]
Etymology 2 [edit]
- Unknown, but compare Portuguese soco ("a hit with one's hand; a punch").
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Verb [edit]
sock (third-person singular simple present socks, present participle socking, simple past and past participle socked)
- (transitive) To hit or strike violently
- (intransitive) To deliver a blow
- They may let you off the first time, but the second time they'll sock it to you—James Jones
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Swedish [edit]
Noun [edit]
sock c
Declension [edit]
Declension of sock
See also [edit]
References [edit]
- sock in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)
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