Sock

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -É’k

• From Old English socc, a borrowing from Latin soccus, from Ancient Greek σύκχος (sunkhos, "a kind of shoe"), probably from Phrygian or another language from Asia Minor.

Full definition of sock

Noun

1. A knitted or woven covering for the foot
2. A shoe worn by Greco-Roman comedy actors
3. A violent blow, punch
4. A shortened version of (Internet) sock puppet"For enemies near are enemies known though socks are a bother he feels at last not alone"RationalWiki
5. (firearms, informal) a gun sock

Derived terms

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

Verb

1. (transitive) To hit or strike violently
2. (intransitive) To deliver a blowThey may let you off the first time, but the second time they'll sock it to you. — James Jones

Derived terms

• sock away
• sock in
• sockdolager

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

Noun

1. A ploughshare.----