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socs

socs is the plural of soc.

Meaning of soc

Noun (1)

soc (countable and uncountable, plural socs)

  1. (slang, uncountable) Sociology or social science.
  2. (countable, slang) Upper class youth.
    • We get jumped by the Socs. I'm not sure how you spell it, but it's the abbreviation for the Socials, the jet set, the West-side rich kids.1967, S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders, page 2

Noun (2)

soc (plural socs)

  1. (UK, university slang) A society (circle, club, interest group).
    • Are you part of any socs this year?

Noun (3)

soc (uncountable)

  1. (UK, historical) The lord's power or privilege of holding a court in a district, as in manor or lordship; jurisdiction of causes, and the limits of that jurisdiction.
    • As proprietors of the soc, the lords claimed a great number of fees and perquisites, payable by all classes of people, whether free or servile, who negotiated any affairs within the soc, and which no doubt formed in themselves a considerable source of revenue.1869, George Norton, Commentaries on the History, Constitution, and Chartered Franchises of the City of London, page 96
    Synonyms:
    soke
  2. (UK, obsolete) An exclusive privilege formerly claimed by millers of grinding all the corn used within the manor or township in which the mill stands.

Noun (1) capitalized: SOCs

SOCs

  1. (plural) plural of SOC

Noun (2) capitalized: Socs

Socs

  1. (plural) plural of Soc

Questions about socs

What is socs the plural of?
Socs is the plural of soc.
What part of speech is socs?
Socs is a noun.

Words near socs in the dictionary

  1. socrealism
  2. socrealist
  3. socrealists
  4. socred
  5. socreds
  6. socs
  7. SOCSO
  8. socspeak
  9. sod
  10. sod a dog
  11. sod all

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Adapted from Wiktionary: socs (page history and authors); SOCs (page history and authors); Socs (page history and authors); soc (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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