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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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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

It was filled with the pills, reminders about when to take them, a handwritten note of support from local community members, pain meds, comfortable socks, and a heating pad. —

Kate Wells, NPR, 8 Apr. 2026 So Bernard, a 306-pound defensive-line prospect previously unearthed at a camp in Lagos, Nigeria, set for a vertical jump in nothing but socks. —

Luca Evans, Denver Post, 7 Apr. 2026

Verb

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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Verb

Owens knocked on the door several times and demanded that Lorincz come outside.

— Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 7 Apr. 2026
Once again, the Huskies wouldn't quit, as Mullins finally found his shot beyond the arc, knocking that Michigan lead back to single digits with a follow-up three-pointer again to Lendeborg's layups.

— Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 7 Apr. 2026