sock

¹sock

noun \ˈsäk\

plural socks

Definition of SOCK

1

archaic : a low shoe or slipper

2

also plural sox \ˈsäks\ : a knitted or woven covering for the foot usually worn under shoes and extending above the ankle and sometimes to the knee

3

a : a shoe worn by actors in Greek and Roman comedy b : comic drama

— sock·less adjective

Origin of SOCK

Middle English socke, from Old English socc, from Latin soccus

First Known Use: before 12th century

Rhymes with SOCK

bloc, block, bock, brock, chock, clock, cock, croc, crock, doc, dock, floc, flock, frock, grok, hock, jock, knock, lakh, loch, lock, Locke, lough, moc, mock, nock, pock, roc, rock, schlock, shock, smock, Spock, stock, wok