Definition of 'sock'
Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present
tense, plural socks
, present participle socking, past tense, past participle socked
1. countable noun
Socks are pieces of clothing which cover your foot and ankle and are worn inside shoes.
2.
See to sock it to
3.
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sock in British English 1
noun
3.
a light shoe worn by actors in ancient Greek and Roman comedy, sometimes taken to allude to comic drama in general (as in the phrase sock and buskin)
buskin4. another name for windsock
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Word origin
Old English socc a light shoe, from Latin soccus, from Greek sukkhosWord Frequency
sock in British English 2
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Word origin
C17: of obscure origin
Word Frequency
sock in American English 1
noun
1.
a light shoe worn by comic characters in ancient Greek and Roman drama
2.
comedy or the muse of comedy
3. Word forms: plural socks or sox
4.
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Word origin
ME socke < OE socc < L soccus, type of light, low-heeled shoe < Gr sukchis, prob. of Phrygian orig.; akin to Avestan haxa-, sole of the foot
Word Frequency
sock in American English 2
Slang
noun
2.
a blow
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Word origin
Early ModE < cant
Examples of 'sock' in a sentence
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articles of clothing, articles of clothing, Horse markings, sockQuick word challenge
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Which article of clothing am I?
a garment, esp a sweater, that is pulled on over the head
Which article of clothing am I?
an Arab's outer garment of cotton, wool, or silk, for the head and body
Which article of clothing am I?
a garment worn by men in ancient Greece or Rome, made by draping a large rectangular cloth about the body
Which article of clothing am I?
a garment worn for bathing, esp an old-fashioned one that covers much of the body
Which article of clothing am I?
a woman's garment covering the neck and shoulders, worn esp during the 16th century
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sock
British English: sock
/sɒk/ NOUN
Socks are pieces of clothing which cover your foot and ankle and are worn inside shoes.
...a pair of red socks.
- American English: sock /ˈsɒk/
- Arabic: جَوْرَبٌ قَصِير
- Brazilian Portuguese: meia
- Chinese: 袜子
- Croatian: sokna
- Czech: ponožka
- Danish: sok
- Dutch: sok
- European Spanish: calcetín
- Finnish: sukka
- French: chaussette
- German: Socke
- Greek: κάλτσα
- Italian: calzino
- Japanese: ソックス
- Korean: 양말
- Norwegian: sokk
- Polish: skarpeta
- European Portuguese: meia
- Romanian: șosetă
- Russian: носок
- Latin American Spanish: calcetín
- Swedish: socka
- Thai: ถุงเท้า
- Turkish: çorap
- Ukrainian: шкарпетка
- Vietnamese: tất
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