sock

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A sleeve for a microphone to reduce noise.

   Turns out a sock is a soft cylindrical cover that goes over the mic. The sock sat forlornly on the table. It looked lonely. It reminded me of me. Aaron told me I punctuated my ps too much — I'm too punchy — and that I needed to soften how I spoke. He told me to put the sock' on the mic.

2. 2
   noun

   Ellipsis of windsock.

   At 1331:58, UA Flight 757 reported that it was ready for takeoff on runway 35R. However, at 1332:05, 7 seconds later, it reported, "Ah, this is seven fifty seven, our sock sitting in front of us gives us a pretty good tail wind so we're not ready to go yet." The controller asked the flight to advise him when conditions were better.

3. 3
   intj

   The sound of a punch or powerful blow.

   Whap, Biff, Ooooof, Sock, Pow, Zok! Batman is back. Gotham City is again leaving its law and order in the hands of a man who wears plastic underpants over his tights.

4. 4
   verb

   To hit or strike violently; to deliver a blow to.

   "We must get the old dear out," said Lord Roxton to Malone. "He'll be had for manslaughter if we don't. What I mean, he's not responsible - he'll sock someone and be lagged for it."

5. 5
   noun

   A violent blow; a punch.

   ‘Say, does that sock in the jaw hurt any more? It was a dinger.’

6. 6
   adj

   Extremely successful.

   1960, Billboard magazine reviewer Sock performance on a catchy rhythm ditty with infectious tempo.

7. 7
   noun

   A ploughshare.

   In the county of Wexford, where the beam was much shorter[…] the sock in general is of cast iron.

8. 8
   noun

   hosiery consisting of a cloth covering for the foot

Etymology

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.