Soc
Pronunciation
- IPA: /soʊʃ/
Origin 1
Full definition of soc
Noun
soc
(plural socs)- (slang, uncountable) Sociology or social science
- (slang, countable) upper class youth
- 1967, S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders, page 2:We get jumped by the Socs. I'm not sure how you spell it, but it's the abbreviation for the Socials, the jet set, the West-side rich kids.
Alternative forms
Origin 2
Noun
soc
- (UK, legal, obsolete) The lord's power or privilege of holding a court in a district, as in manor or lordship; jurisdiction of causes, and the limits of that jurisdiction.
- (UK, obsolete) Liberty or privilege of tenants excused from customary burdens.
- (UK, obsolete) An exclusive privilege formerly claimed by millers of grinding all the corn used within the manor or township in which the mill stands.