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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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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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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Recent Examples of sock
Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026
Thankfully, Felix was fine, returning home after his half-mile trek with just a wet sock and shoe.
—Jason Rantala, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
Adam Harrington, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2026
You could get socked with a 75% civil fraud penalty under section 6663.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
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Noun
Consider long pants and high socks instead of shorts.
—Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026
Thankfully, Felix was fine, returning home after his half-mile trek with just a wet sock and shoe.
—Jason Rantala, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
Verb
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
You could get socked with a 75% civil fraud penalty under section 6663.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sock
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Remember, as little as 6 inches of moving water can knock you off your feet.—
KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT,
Kansas City Star,
1 Apr. 2026
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About 2 minutes and 40 seconds into the fight, Grasso drilled Barber in the head with a left hook, knocking her out.—
Kyle Newman,
Denver Post,
31 Mar. 2026
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Airlines across the region, like Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific are slapping hefty fuel surcharges on flights; Vietnam and the Philippines are even weighing whether to ground planes.—
Nicholas Gordon,
Fortune,
29 Mar. 2026
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This month, the influential environmental group Conservation Colorado filed ballot measures with the state elections office that would slap stricter penalties on the energy industry for the pollution and contamination that result from its operations.—
John Aguilar,
Denver Post,
29 Mar. 2026
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The Rockets are a team that lost its starting point guard (Fred VanVleet) at the start of the year while the Knicks brought back and built upon the exact same core that punched the franchise’s first ticket to the conference finals in the last quarter-century.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
1 Apr. 2026
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Manning allegedly punched and kicked Hartman in the face and torso, scratched her, choked her and grabbed her by the hair and slammed her against the floor and wall.—
Christina Dugan Ramirez,
FOXNews.com,
31 Mar. 2026
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Crow-Armstrong had support from his team during Friday’s news conference, where first baseman Michael Busch, manager Craig Counsell, hitting coach Dustin Kelly, assistant hitting coach John Mallee and staff assistant AJ Lewis took in the scene.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Mar. 2026
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Alcantara left the mound with a lead, courtesy of the bottom of Miami’s lineup stringing together hits in the second.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
28 Mar. 2026
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Then reality smacks you in the face.—
DeJanay Booth-Singleton,
CBS News,
25 Mar. 2026
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That is another area in which dreams smack into the reality of Cuban state, which owns 80% of all arable land.—
Sarah Moreno
Updated March 24,
Miami Herald,
24 Mar. 2026
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The arena clapped and cheered for their new archbishop.—
Elizabeth Hernandez,
Denver Post,
26 Mar. 2026
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A lot of the percussion in the score, in fact, is the Wells Cathedral school kids clapping and stomping.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
25 Mar. 2026
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Kodai Sano clipped the bar before the break, and the pressure eventually told when Ito got the breakthrough.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
28 Mar. 2026
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His Land Rover clipped another vehicle and went over.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
28 Mar. 2026
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Another sticking point has been her close alignment with Kennedy, whose efforts to dramatically pull back vaccine recommendations have been slammed by lawmakers and medical groups.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
26 Mar. 2026
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Still others were ready to slam the project for various reasons (such as Rowling’s trans views, or gripes about Snape being played by a Black actor).—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Mar. 2026
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“Sock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sock. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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