sock

verb

socked; socking; socks

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

see also:

sock it to

Synonyms of sock

• knock
• slap
• punch
• hit
• smack
• clap
• clip
• slam
• bang
• whack
• strike
• pound
• bat
• box
• swipe
• crack

Examples of sock in a Sentence

kept socking the punching bag until he was exhausted

Recent Examples on the Web

Feinberg has socked 16 homers with 63 RBIs. —Gary Bedore may 28, Kansas City Star, 28 May 2026

Hot black smoke socked her in the face; the staircase had become a glowing, spastic frenzy. —Danielle Parker, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026

Healey is embracing a collapsing, expensive wind farm that fishermen hate, kills birds, had a major blade failure and is destined to sock ratepayers with high costs. —Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 16 Apr. 2026

Evening rush-hour commuters — who thought winter was over — felt foolish after the city was socked with a record-breaking spring snowfall. —Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2026

Word History

Etymology

origin unknown

First Known Use

circa 1700, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Phrases Containing sock

• ankle sock
• crew sock
• knee sock
• put a sock in it
• sock away
• sock hop
• sock in
• sock it to
• sock puppet
• tube sock
• wind sock

Rhymes for sock

• balk
• baulk
• bloc
• bock
• broch
• brock
• calk
• caulk
• chalk
• chock
• clock
• cock

Kids Definition

sock

1 of 3 noun

ˈsäk 

plural socks also sox ˈsäks 

: a knitted or woven covering for the foot usually extending above the ankle and sometimes to the knee

sock

2 of 3 verb

: to hit, strike, or apply forcefully : deliver a blow

sock

3 of 3 noun

: a violent blow : punch

Etymology

Old English socc "a low shoe or slipper," from Latin soccus (same meaning)

origin unknown