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Sock

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Noun

1. sock

hosiery consisting of a cloth covering for the foot; worn inside the shoe; reaches to between the ankle and the knee

2. air sock, air-sleeve, drogue, sock, wind cone, wind sleeve, wind sock, windsock

a truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast; used (e.g., at airports) to show the direction of the wind

Verb

3. bash, bonk, bop, sock, whap, whop

hit hard

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Sock

see synonyms of sock
noun
1. 
a cloth covering for the foot, reaching to between the ankle and knee and worn inside a shoe
2. 
an insole put in a shoe, as to make it fit better
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)
buskin
4.  another name for windsock
5.  knock one's socks off
6.  pull one's socks up
7.  put a sock in it
verb
8. (transitive)
to provide with socks
9.  socked in
verb
1. (usually tr)
to hit with force
2.  sock it to
noun
3. 
a forceful blow

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Sock

see synonyms of sock
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
a knitted covering for the foot and ankle, like a short stocking, sometimes extending to just below the knee (kneesock)
4. 
windsock
verb transitive
1. 
to hit or strike with force, esp. with the fist
noun
2. 
a blow
adverb
3. 
directly; squarely

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Sock

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n.
1. A garment that covers the foot and part of the leg usually made of cotton or wool and worn for warmth or for protection from abrasion from a shoe or boot.
2. Meteorology A windsock.
3.
a. A light shoe worn by comic actors in ancient Greek and Roman plays.
b. Comic drama; comedy: "He ... knew all niceties of the sock and buskin" (Byron).
tr.v. socked, sock·ing, socks
To provide with socks.
v. socked, sock·ing, socks
v.tr.
To hit or strike forcefully; punch.
v.intr.
To deliver a blow.
n.
A hard blow or punch.

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