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sock

1[sok]
–noun, plural socks or, for 1, also sox.
1. a short stocking usually reaching to the calf or just above the ankle.
2. a lightweight shoe worn by ancient Greek and Roman comic actors.
3. comic writing for the theater; comedy or comic drama. Compare buskin (def. 4).
4. Furniture. a raised vertical area of a club or pad foot.
5. knock one's or the socks off. knock (def. 29).

Origin:
bef. 900; ME socke, OE socc ≪ L soccus slipper


sockless, adjective
sock⋅less⋅ness, noun

sock

2[sok] Slang.
–verb (used with object)
1. to strike or hit hard.
–noun
2. a hard blow.
3. a very successful show, performance, actor, etc.: The show was a sock.
–adjective
4. extremely successful: a sock performance.
5. sock away, to put into savings or reserve.
6. sock in, to close or ground because of adverse weather conditions: The airport was socked in.

Origin:
1690–1700; orig. uncert.
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sock 1   (sŏk)   
n.  
  1. pl. socks or sox (sŏks) A short stocking reaching a point between the ankle and the knee.

  2. Meteorology A windsock.

    1. A light shoe worn by comic actors in ancient Greek and Roman plays.

    2. Comic drama; comedy: "He . . . knew all niceties of the sock and buskin" (Byron).

tr.v.   socked, sock·ing, socks
To provide with socks.
Phrasal Verb(s):
sock away Informal To put (money) away in a safe place for future use.
sock inTo close to air traffic: fog that socked in the airport.

[Middle English socke, from Old English socc, a kind of light shoe, from Latin soccus, possibly from Greek sunkhis, sukkhos, Phrygian shoe.]
sock 2   (sŏk)   
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.

[Origin unknown.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Slang Dictionary
sock

  1. tv.
    to punch someone or something. : He socked the door with his fist and began to howl with pain.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

sock  (n.)
O.E. socc "light slipper," a W.Gmc. borrowing from L. soccus "light low-heeled shoe," variant of Gk. sykchos "a kind of shoe," perhaps from Phrygian or another Asiatic language. The verb meaning "to stash (money) away as savings" is attested from 1942, Amer.Eng., from the notion of hiding one's money in a sock. To knock the socks off (someone) "beat thoroughly" is recorded from 1845, Amer.Eng. colloquial. Teen slang sock hop is c.1950, from notion of dancing without shoes.

sock  (v.)
1700, "to beat, hit," of uncertain origin. To sock it to (someone) first recorded 1877.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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