sock
sock [sock socks socked socking] noun, verb BrE [sɒk] NAmE [sɑːk]
noun
1. a piece of clothing that is worn over the foot, ankle and lower part of the leg, especially inside a shoe
•a pair of socks
2. (informal)a strong blow, especially with the ↑fist
• He gave him a sock on the jaw.
more at pull your socks up at ↑pull v.
Word Origin:
Old English socc ‘light shoe’, of Germanic origin, from Latin soccus ‘comic actor's shoe, light low-heeled slipper’, from Greek sukkhos.
Example Bank:
•He wore odd socks, one red and one yellow.
•a pair of white tube socks
•He gave Mike a sock on the jaw.
Idioms: ↑blow somebody's socks off ▪ ↑put a sock in it ▪ ↑sock it to somebody
Derived: ↑sock something away
verb ~ sb (informal)
to hit sb hard
•She got angry and socked him in the mouth.
• (figurative)The banks are socking customers with higher charges.
Rem: or
Verb forms: 
Word Origin:
Old English socc ‘light shoe’, of Germanic origin, from Latin soccus ‘comic actor's shoe, light low-heeled slipper’, from Greek sukkhos.
Example Bank:
•I had to stop myself from socking him one.
•She got mad and socked him in the mouth.
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