sock1

[sok] /sɒk/
noun, plural socks or for 1, also sox.
1.
a short stocking usually reaching to the calf or just above the ankle.
2.
a lightweight shoe worn by ancient Greek and Roman comic actors.
3.
comic writing for the theater; comedy or comic drama.
Compare buskin (def 4).
4.
Furniture. a raised vertical area of a club or pad foot.
Idioms
5.
knock one's / the socks off. knock (def 29).
Origin
before 900; Middle English socke, Old English socc ≪ Latin soccus slipper
Related forms
sockless, adjective
socklessness, noun

sock2

[sok] /sɒk/
verb (used with object)
1.
to strike or hit hard.
noun
2.
a hard blow.
3.
a very successful show, performance, actor, etc.:
The show was a sock.
adjective
4.
extremely successful:
a sock performance.
Verb phrases
5.
sock away, to put into savings or reserve.
6.
sock in, to close or ground because of adverse weather conditions:
The airport was socked in.
Origin
1690-1700; origin uncertain
Examples from the web for sock
  • Though security is extensive, it is possible to stuff an item inside a sock or shirt.
  • Otherwise, stuff a sock in it and get back to work finding that proof.
  • Blood from a blister has soaked through the heel of her sock.
  • Of course, even if seniors are able to sock enough away, retiring to a beach or a golf course isn't for everyone.
  • With everybody and his sock puppet getting into the act, the comedy surplus became self-cannibalizing.
  • Soon the darned holes are more of the sock than the original wool.
  • Eventually, the whole darned sock is made of different wool.
  • It was an instrument of war, accompanied by drums and a dagger in the piper's sock.
  • Pull the top of the sock up over the bowl until it reaches the top of the bowl lip.
  • Work with your community: put on a block party, a barn raising, a garden exchange program or a sock hop.
British Dictionary definitions for sock

sock1

/sɒk/
noun
1.
a cloth covering for the foot, reaching to between the ankle and knee and worn inside a shoe
2.
an insole put in a shoe, as to make it fit better
3.
a light shoe worn by actors in ancient Greek and Roman comedy, sometimes taken to allude to comic drama in general (as in the phrase sock and buskin) See buskin
4.
another name for windsock
5.
(Brit, informal) pull one's socks up, to make a determined effort, esp in order to regain control of a situation
6.
(Brit, slang) put a sock in it, be quiet!
verb
7.
(transitive) to provide with socks
8.
(US & Canadian, slang) socked in, (of an airport) closed by adverse weather conditions
Word Origin
Old English socc a light shoe, from Latin soccus, from Greek sukkhos

sock2

/sɒk/
verb
1.
(usually transitive) to hit with force
2.
sock it to, to make a forceful impression on
noun
3.
a forceful blow
Word Origin
C17: of obscure origin
Word Origin and History for sock
n.

"knitted or woven covering for the foot, short stocking," early 14c., from Old English socc "slipper, light shoe," from Latin soccus "slipper, light low-heeled shoe," probably a variant of Greek sykchos, word for a kind of shoe, perhaps from Phrygian or another Asiatic language. The Latin word was borrowed generally in West Germanic, e.g. Middle Dutch socke, Dutch sok, Old High German soc, German Socke. To knock the socks off (someone) "beat thoroughly" is recorded from 1845, American English colloquial. Teen slang sock hop is c.1950, from notion of dancing without shoes.

"a blow, a hit with the fist," 1700, from or related to sock (v.1).

v.

1700, "to beat, hit hard, pitch into," of uncertain origin. To sock it to (someone) first recorded 1877.

"to stash (money) away as savings," 1942, American English, from the notion of hiding one's money in a sock (see sock (n.1)).

Slang definitions & phrases for sock

sock 1

noun
  1. : To land another sock on Mr Renault's nose (1700+)
  2. A set of mounted cymbals sounded by tramping on a foot pedal; high-hat (1920+ Musicians)
verb

To strike; hit hard; clobber, paste: bein' socked to dreamland (1700+)

[probably echoic]


sock 2

noun
  1. A place where money is kept, esp saved; also, savings collectively: Every dollar that he will receive for the current four-year term will go into the family sock (1924+)
  2. A box, bag, safe, etc, where money is kept (1930s+ Underworld)

[fr the use of a sock as a container; one reference of 1698 indicates that sock meant ''pocket'' in underworld slang]