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socking in

socking in is the present participle and gerund of sock in.

Meaning of sock in

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To cause a temporary disruption of the operations of, usually an airport.
    • Fog socked in O'Hare almost until noon.

Questions about socking in

What is socking in the present participle and gerund of?
Socking in is the present participle and gerund of sock in.

Words near socking in in the dictionary

  1. sockhops
  2. sockie
  3. sockies
  4. socking
  5. socking away
  6. socking in
  7. socking into
  8. socking it
  9. sockless
  10. socklessness
  11. socklet

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Adapted from Wiktionary: socking in (page history and authors); sock in (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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