sock

Noun (1)

sock (plural socks or (informal, nonstandard) sox)

1. A knitted or woven covering for the foot.

   Synonyms:

   sockie

2. (historical, uncommon) Synonym of soccus, a light shoe worn by Ancient Greek and Roman comedic actors.

   Synonyms:

   Thalia, soccus

3. The lower leg of an animal (of an animal) that is a different color (usually white) from the color pattern on the rest of the animal.

   Synonyms:

   mitten

4. A sleeve for a microphone to reduce noise.
   • Turns out a sock is a soft cylindrical cover that goes over the mic. The sock sat forlornly on the table. It looked lonely. It reminded me of me. Aaron told me I punctuated my ps too much — I'm too punchy — and that I needed to soften how I spoke. He told me to put the sock' on the mic.2024, Minelle Mahtani, May It Have a Happy Ending, page 42

Interjection

1. The sound of a punch or powerful blow.
   • Whap, Biff, Ooooof, Sock, Pow, Zok! Batman is back. Gotham City is again leaving its law and order in the hands of a man who wears plastic underpants over his tights.1989 June 5, The Canberra Times, Australia Captial Territory, page 10, column 2

Verb

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

1. (slang, transitive) To hit or strike violently; to deliver a blow to.
   • "We must get the old dear out," said Lord Roxton to Malone. "He'll be had for manslaughter if we don't. What I mean, he's not responsible - he'll sock someone and be lagged for it."1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “In which Professor Challenger Goes Forth to Battle”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published...
   • What you should be is not yellow at all. If you're supposed to sock somebody in the jaw, and you sort of feel like doing it, you should do it.1951 July 16, J[erome] D[avid] Salinger, chapter 13, in The Catcher in the Rye, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →OCLC
2. (slang, transitive) To throw.

Noun (2)

sock (plural socks)

1. (slang) A violent blow; a punch.
   • ‘Say, does that sock in the jaw hurt any more? It was a dinger.’1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 21

Adjective

sock (not comparable)

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

   Synonyms:

   socko

Noun (3)

sock (plural socks)

1. A ploughshare.
   • In the county of Wexford, where the beam was much shorter[…] the sock in general is of cast iron.1812, Edward Wakefield, An Account of Ireland, Statistical and Political