stocking
UK/ˈstɒkɪŋ//ˈstɑkɪŋ/
stocking noun: a soft garment, usually knit or woven, worn on the foot and lower leg under shoes or other footwear. Also the ellipsis of Christmas stocking.
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Noun (1)
stocking (plural stockings)
- A soft garment, usually knit or woven, worn on the foot and lower leg under shoes or other footwear.
- a pair of stockings
- A broad ring of a different fur colour on the lower part of the leg of a quadruped.
- A knitted hood of cotton thread which is eventually converted by a special process into an incandescent mantle for gas lighting.
Noun (2)
stocking
Proper noun capitalized: Stocking
Stocking (plural Stockings)
- A surname.
Also used as
stocking is also the ellipsis of Christmas stocking.
stocking is also the present participle and gerund of stock.
stocking meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
stocking in Hindi
- garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
- मोज़ा mozā
stocking in Urdu
- garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
- موزَہ moza
stocking in Bengali
- garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
- মোজা mōja
stocking in Malayalam
- സ്റ്റോക്കിംഗ്, സ്റ്റോക്കിങ്
More languagesFewer languages
- stocking in Punjabi
- ਸਟੋਕਿੰਗ
- stocking in Gujarati
- સ્ટોકિંગ, સ્ટૉકિંગ
- stocking in Odia
- ଷ୍ଟକିଂ, ଷ୍ଟକିଙ୍ଗ୍, ଷ୍ଟକିଙ୍ଗ
- stocking in Nepali
- स्टकिंङ
- stocking in Arabic
- جَوْرَب jawrab
- stocking in Malay
- stokin
- stocking in Indonesian
- stoking, setoking
- stocking in Thai
- ถุงน่อง tǔng-nɔ̂ng
- stocking in Vietnamese
- vớ
- stocking in Myanmar
- မော်ဇာ mauja, ခြေအိတ် hkreit
Examples of stocking in a sentence
- There’s a hole in my shoe. Her stocking has a hole in it.
- Be careful not to snag your stockings on that concrete bench!
- One could scarcely find any trout in the stream without the stocking program.
Forms of stocking
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | stockings |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Stockings |
Origin of stocking
From stock (“cover with material”) + -ing. Corruption of old plural -en, i.e. stocken, now singular.
From stock + -ing.
Words formed from stocking
- bluestocking
- body stocking
- bodystocking
- Christmas stocking
- Leatherstocking
- mob stocking
- netherstocking
- openwork stocking
- overstocking
- seamed stocking
- silk-stocking
- stirrup stocking
- stocking cap
- stockinged
- stockinger
- stocking filler
- stocking-foot
- stocking frame
- stockingful
- stockingless
- stockingmaker
- stocking-maker
- stocking-stuffer
- stocking stuffer
- surgical stocking
- understocking
- wear yellow stockings
Phrases with stocking
Words that rhyme with stocking
Questions about stocking
- What does stocking mean?
- Stocking means a soft garment, usually knit or woven, worn on the foot and lower leg under shoes or other footwear.
- What is stocking in Hindi?
- Stocking in Hindi is मोज़ा (mozā). See Stocking meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is stocking?
- Stocking can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce stocking?
- Stocking is pronounced /ˈstɑkɪŋ/ (US).
- What is the plural of stocking?
- The plural of stocking is stockings.
Words near stocking in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: stocking (page history and authors); Stocking (page history and authors); stocking (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); stocking (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); stocking (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); stocking (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); stocking (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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