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
British Dictionary definitions for sock away

sock away

verb
1.
(transitive) (US & Canadian, NZ, informal) to save up

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 away

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 away

sock away

verb phrase

To save or horde; put away as savings: Last year that group socked away $128 billion in savings bonds/ The American people socked away $3,200,000 in the year's second quarter

[perhaps fr the notion of concealing money in a sock; but sock, ''sew up and conceal,'' is attested fr the alteration of 1800s sock or sock down, ''pay, dispose of money'']


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]


Idioms and Phrases with sock away

sock away

Put money in a safe place for future use, as in I've got about $2,000 socked away for a new car. This usage presumably alludes to putting one's savings in a sock. [ ; first half of 1900s ]