sock

Meaning

Noun

1. A knitted or woven covering for the foot.
2. (historical, uncommon) Synonym of soccus, a light shoe worn by Ancient Greek and Roman comedic actors.
3. A cat's or dog's lower leg that is a different color (usually white) from the color pattern on the rest of the animal.
4. (Internet) A sock puppet (type of online account).
5. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal) Ellipsis of windsock.
6. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal) Ellipsis of gun sock.
7. A sleeve for a microphone to reduce noise.

Intj

The sound of a punch or powerful blow.

Verb

1. (slang, transitive) To hit or strike violently; to deliver a blow to.
2. (slang, transitive) To throw.

Adj

Extremely successful.

Synonyms

stocking

punch

👊

hose

hit

wind cone

wind sock

wind sleeve

bop

air-sleeve

inner sole

drogue

windsock

air sock

socks

🧦

insole

whop

bash

bonk

box

📦

shovel

slug

stockings

swipe

wallop

whack

whap

fight with fists

filter bag

smite

hosiery

spring

home-made

filter-bag

beating

beat

anklet

foot

🦶

enshroud

blurt

ploughshare

pound

💷

pummel

legging

strick

sigh

slipper

slipsole

Translations

chaussette

calcetín

Socke

sok

calzino

calza

κάλτσα

meia

mitjó

Strumpf

bas

peúga

media

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sɒk/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: socke

Inherited from Old English: socc

Cognate with Avestan: 𐬵𐬀𐬑𐬀

Cognate with Scots: sok

Cognate with Western Frisian: foetsok

Cognate with Dutch: sok

Cognate with German: Socke

Cognate with Danish: sok

Cognate with Swedish: sock

Cognate with Icelandic: sokkur

In summary

From Middle English socke, sokke, sok, from Old English socc (“sock, light shoe, slipper”), a West Germanic borrowing from Latin soccus (“a light shoe or slipper, buskin”), from Ancient Greek σύκχος (súkkhos, “a kind of shoe”), probably from Phrygian or from an Anatolian language. Beekes compares Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬑𐬀 (haxa, “sole of the foot”). Cognate with Scots sok (“sock, stocking”), West Frisian sok (“sock”), Dutch sok (“sock”), German Socke (“sock”), Danish sok, sokke (“sock”), Swedish sock, socka (“sock”), Icelandic sokkur (“sock”). Doublet of zocco; also related to zoccolo, socle, and zocalo.