Main Entry:

²sock

Function:

verb

Etymology:

origin unknown

Date:

circa 1700

transitive verb : to hit, strike, or apply forcefully <sock a home run> <an area socked by a blizzard> intransitive verb : to deliver a blow : hit

— sock it to

slang : to subject to or as if to a vigorous assault <they may let you off the first time…but the second time they'll sock it to you — James Jones>