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Webster 1913 Edition

Sock

Sock

,
Noun.
[F.
soc
, LL.
soccus
, perhaps of Celtic origin.]
A plowshare.
Edin. Encyc.

Sock

,
Noun.
[OE.
sock
, AS.
socc
, fr. L.
soccus
a kind of low-heeled, light shoe. Cf.
Sucket
.]
1.
The shoe worn by actors of comedy in ancient Greece and Rome, – used as a symbol of comedy, or of the comic drama, as distinguished from tragedy, which is symbolized by the
buskin
.
Great Fletcher never treads in buskin here,
Nor greater Jonson dares in
socks
appear.
Dryden.
2.
A knit or woven covering for the foot and lower leg; a stocking with a short leg.
3.
A warm inner sole for a shoe.
Simmonds.

Webster 1828 Edition

Sock

SOCK

,
Noun.
[L. soccus;]
1.
The shoe of the ancient actors of comedy. Hence the word is used for comedy, and opposed to buskin or tragedy. Great Fletcher never teads in buskin here, nor greater Jonson dares in socks appear.
2.
A garment for the foot, like the foot of a stocking.
3.
A plowshare.

Definition 2024

Sock

Sock

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Central Franconian

Noun

Sock f, m ‎(plural Söck or Socke, diminutive Söckche or Seckche)

  1. (most dialects) sock

Usage notes

  • The word was originally masculine in Ripuarian, but is now often feminine under standard German influence.
  • In Ripuarian, the plural Söck is predominant (even with feminine gender), Socke is rarer. Moselle Franconian has only Socke.
  • The diminutive is irregular. (The expected form is *Söckelche.)

Plautdietsch

Noun

Sock f ‎(plural Socke)

  1. sock
  2. foot

sock

sock

See also: Sock

English

Noun

sock ‎(plural socks or sox) (sox is informal and non-standard)

  1. A knitted or woven covering for the foot.
  2. A shoe worn by Greco-Roman comedy actors.
  3. A color pattern (usually white) on a cat's lower leg that is different from the color pattern on the rest of the cat, thus giving it the impression of a wearing a sock.
  4. (Internet slang) A sock puppet.
  5. (firearms, informal) A gun sock.
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

  • Unknown, but compare Portuguese soco ("a hit with one's hand; a punch").

Adjective

sock ‎(not comparable)

  1. (slang) Extremely successful.
    • 1960, Billboard magazine reviewer
      Sock performance on a catchy rhythm ditty with infectious tempo.
Synonym

Noun

sock ‎(plural socks)

  1. A violent blow; a punch.

Verb

sock ‎(third-person singular simple present socks, present participle socking, simple past and past participle socked)

  1. (transitive) To hit or strike violently; to deliver a blow to.
    They may let you off the first time, but the second time they'll sock it to you. — James Jones
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 3

French soc, Late Latin soccus, perhaps of Celtic origin.

Noun

sock ‎(plural socks)

  1. A ploughshare.
    • D. Brewster, The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia
      In Wexford, the beam is shorter than in any of the other counties, and the sock in general is of cast iron.

Swedish

Socks

Noun

sock c

  1. sock

Declension

Inflection of sock 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative sock socken sockar sockarna
Genitive socks sockens sockars sockarnas

See also

References

Etymology

From Old High German soc, from Latin soccus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zɔk/

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