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noun (1)

ˈsäk

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as in stocking

a close-fitting covering for the foot and leg black socks to go with black pants and shoes

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noun (2)

as in blow

a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument a wiseacre who deserves a good sock in the face

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sock

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verb

as in to knock

to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner kept socking the punching bag until he was exhausted

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Noun

As the mitigation work continued, a contractor took off his socks and shoes and rolled up his pants to his knees and proceeded to wade into the pool to place an ozone nanobubble tube as tourists and locals milled about on a sunny morning. —

Katie Vogel, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2026 Tie a knot in the center of a single sock for playtime fun. —

Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 17 June 2026

Verb

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 Labin details the elaborate process of elimination that determines which socks to bring to the festival each year. —

Scott Neuman, NPR, 26 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for sock

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Residents assemble altars at the thresholds of their homes, adorning them with prized heirloom linens, and step into stockings, underskirts, petticoats, and blouses that have been painstakingly hand-stitched and preserved across generations.

— Catherine Tansey, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 June 2026
Her glamorous pink corset was a custom Dolce & Gabbana, paired with coordinating thigh-high stockings and silver lace-up Saint Laurent boots.

— Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 12 June 2026