socking away
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
Verb phrases 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; origin uncertain
1690–1700; origin uncertain
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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World English Dictionary
sock1 (sɒk) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 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. | See buskin 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) |
| 4. | another name for windsock |
| 5. | informal (Brit) pull one's socks up to make a determined effort, esp in order to regain control of a situation |
| 6. | slang (Brit) put a sock in it be quiet! |
| —vb | |
| 7. | (tr) to provide with socks |
| 8. | slang (US), (Canadian) socked in (of an airport) closed by adverse weather conditions |
| [Old English socc a light shoe, from Latin soccus, from Greek sukkhos] | |
| sock2 (sɒk) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | (usually tr) to hit with force |
| 2. | sock it to to make a forceful impression on |
| —n | |
| 3. | a forceful blow |
| [C17: of obscure origin] | |
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Word Origin & History
sock
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
1700, "to beat, hit," of uncertain origin. To sock it to (someone) first recorded 1877.
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