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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

Each passenger will also get a special amenity pouch with an eye mask, socks, earplugs, lotion, and a dental kit. —

Zach Wichter, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2026 While Survivor has plenty of surprising rules for contestants, socks are a small creature comfort that’s allowed. —

Brittany Anas, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Apr. 2026

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Hyperallergic, which first reported the malfunction, noted that a sprinkler head was damaged during preparations for Winter Storm Fern, which socked New York with nearly a foot of snow over the weekend. —

News Desk, Artforum, 28 Jan. 2026 A day after much of the Chicago area was socked with a snowstorm that lingered from Saturday night all the way into Sunday afternoon, bitter and dangerous cold settled on the area. —

Adam Harrington, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for sock

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Residents who had previously circulated petitions against the data center pivoted to door-knocking for the candidates, collaborating on campaign videos, encouraging their neighbors to show up to vote and even driving each other to the polls.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 14 Apr. 2026
Roberts was on the ninth of his 10 reps when the medicine ball knocked the exhaust vent off the wall behind him in the hallway outside the visiting clubhouse’s weight room.

— Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026