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sock

1  [sok]
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–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.
—Idiom
5. knock one's or the socks off. knock (def. 29).
Origin:
bef. 900; ME socke, OE socc ≪ L soccus slipper

Related forms:
sockless, adjective
sock⋅less⋅ness, noun
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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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