Definition of 'sock'
Word forms: socks, socking, socked
1. countable noun
3. transitive verb
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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
Idioms:
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Word origin
Early ModE < cant
Word Frequency
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
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articles of clothing,
articles of clothing,
Horse markings,
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Which article of clothing am I?
a long loose outer garment with wide sleeves, worn by Muslim men and women, esp in India
Which article of clothing am I?
any garment worn under the visible outer clothes, usually next to the skin
Which article of clothing am I?
a draped skirtlike garment worn by men and women in the Malay Archipelago, Sri Lanka, the Pacific islands, etc
Which article of clothing am I?
a loose dress worn in bed by women
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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
- 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
- Spanish: calcetín
- Swedish: socka
- Thai: ถุงเท้า
- Turkish: çorap
- Ukrainian: шкарпетка
- Vietnamese: tất
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