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2  [sok] Slang.
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–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.
—Verb phrases
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.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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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  (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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Idioms & Phrases

sock away

Put money in a safe place for future use, as in I've got about $2,000 socked away for a new car. This usage presumably alludes to putting one's savings in a sock. [Colloquial; first half of 1900s]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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