sock

Meaning

1. A knitted or woven covering for the foot.
2. 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. A sock puppet.
5. (informal) Ellipsis of windsock.
6. (informal) Ellipsis of gun sock.

stocking

punch

wind sleeve

air-sleeve

inner sole

fight with fists

filter bag

filter-bag

slipsole

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sɒk/

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.