sock

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A soft piece of clothing that covers your foot and ankle, worn inside a shoe.

   He pulled on a clean pair of socks before putting on his shoes.

2. 2
   verb

   To hit someone hard, especially with your fist.

   He was so angry he wanted to sock the man right in the jaw.

3. 3
   noun

   A hard hit; a punch.

   That sock in the jaw left a nasty bruise.

From Middle English socke, sokke, sok, from Old English socc (“sock, light shoe, slipper”), a West Germanic borrowing from Latin soccus (“a light shoe or slipper, buskin”), from Ancient Greek σύκχος (súkkhos, “a kind of shoe”), probably from Phrygian or from an Anatolian language. Beekes compares Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬑𐬀 (haxa, “sole of the foot”). Cognate with Scots sok (“sock, stocking”), West Frisian sok (“sock”), Dutch sok (“sock”), German Socke (“sock”), Danish sok, sokke (“sock”), Swedish sock, socka (“sock”), Icelandic sokkur (“sock”). Doublet of zocco; also related to zoccolo, socle, and zocalo.

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