Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A short stocking reaching a point between the ankle and the knee.
- noun Meteorology A windsock.
- noun A light shoe worn by comic actors in ancient Greek and Roman plays.
- noun Comic drama; comedy.
- transitive verb To provide with socks.
- intransitive verb To hit or strike forcefully; punch.
- intransitive verb To deliver a blow.
- noun A hard blow or punch.
- idiom (sock it to (someone)) To deliver a forceful comment, reprimand, or physical blow to someone else.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A dialectal form of
sog . - noun Same as
soke . - noun A light shoe worn by the ancient actors of comedy; hence, comedy, in distinction from tragedy, which is symbolized by the buskin.
- noun A knitted or woven covering for the foot, shorter than a stocking; a stocking reaching but a short distance above the ankle.
- noun A sandal, wooden patten, or clog for the feet, worn by the friars called Recollets.
- noun A plowshare; a movable share slipped over the sole of a plow.
- To sew up.
- To throw; especially, to hurl or send with swiftness and violence: as, to
sock a ball. - To hit hard; pitch into: as, to
sock one in the eye. - With an impersonal it, to strike a hard blow; give a drubbing: as, sock it to him!
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb Prov. or Vulgar To hurl, drive, or strike violently; -- often with
it as an object. - noun A plowshare.
- noun 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 . - noun A knit or woven covering for the foot and lower leg; a stocking with a short leg.
- noun A warm inner sole for a shoe.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
knitted orwoven covering for the foot - noun A
shoe worn by Greco-Roman comedy actors - noun A violent
blow ,punch - noun A shortened version of (
Internet )sock puppet - verb transitive To
hit orstrike violently - verb intransitive To
deliver a blow
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun hosiery consisting of a cloth covering for the foot; worn inside the shoe; reaches to between the ankle and the knee
- verb hit hard
- noun a truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast; used (e.g., at airports) to show the direction of the wind
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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I guess the real question is what one defines as a sock puppet?
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I've never meant this site or those posts to be a screed against IDI, but I have used the disparaging term sock puppets because of the lack of clarity that they've used in presenting NMRC material to reporters and the public.
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I just finished a garter st baby sweater in sock weight, and it seemed endless, so best of luck there!
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There, now the sock is keeping me company while I finish the work.
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There, now the sock is keeping me company while I finish the work.
hernesheir commented on the word sock
A ploughshare. A very rare Celtic survival in the Yorkshire dialect, possibly reintroduced via Cumbria by Vikings who had previously settled in Ireland.
March 3, 2010