Meaning of SOCK
| Pronunciation: | | sâk
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- [n] hosiery consisting of a cloth covering for the foot; worn inside the shoe; reaches to between the ankle and the knee
- [n] a truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast; used (e.g., at airports) to show the direction of the wind
- [v] hit hard
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| | Synonyms: | | bash, bonk, bop, drogue, whap, whop, wind sleeve, windsock |
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| | See Also: | | anklet, anklets, argyle, argyles, athletic sock, bobbysock, bobbysocks, hit, hose, hosiery, sweat sock, tabi, tabis, toe, varsity sock, visual signal | |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Sock\, n. [F. soc, LL. soccus, perhaps of Celtic origin.]
A plowshare. --Edin. Encyc.
\Sock\, n. [OE. sock, AS. socc, fr. L. soccus a kind of
low-heeled, light shoe. Cf. {Sucket}.]
1. The shoe worn by actors of comedy in ancient Greece and
Rome, -- used as a symbol of comedy, or of the comic
drama, as distinguished from tragedy, which is symbolized
by the {buskin}.
Great Fletcher never treads in buskin here, Nor
greater Jonson dares in socks appear. --Dryden.
2. A knit or woven covering for the foot and lower leg; a
stocking with a short leg.
3. A warm inner sole for a shoe. --Simmonds.
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