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socked

socked is the simple past and past participle of sock.

Meaning of sock

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...
  2. (slang, transitive) To throw.

See all 10 meanings of sock

Adjective

socked (not comparable)

  1. Wearing a sock or socks.
    • Wrapped in thick knitting, scarfed, gloved, socked and booted I feel nothing.1985, New Writing Scotland, number 3, page 24

Words formed from socked

Phrases with socked

Questions about socked

What does socked mean?
Socked means wearing a sock or socks.
What is socked the simple past and past participle of?
Socked is the simple past and past participle of sock.
What part of speech is socked?
Socked is an adjective.

Words near socked in the dictionary

  1. sockdollager
  2. sockdollagers
  3. sockdologer
  4. sockdologers
  5. sockdologizing
  6. socked
  7. socked away
  8. socked in
  9. socked into
  10. socked it
  11. socked on the nose

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: socked (page history and authors); sock (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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