Thesaurus results for SOCKED

socked

verb

past tense of sock

as in smacked

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 socked Hot black smoke socked her in the face; the staircase had become a glowing, spastic frenzy. —

Danielle Parker, CBS News, 21 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 The storm could bring the biggest snowfall to the region since January 2016, when New York City was socked by its worst snowstorm on record. —

Greg Evans, Deadline, 22 Feb. 2026 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 You could get socked with a 75% civil fraud penalty under section 6663. —

Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026 Slide the be-socked yardstick under the refrigerator and move it back and forth to pick up dust, dirt, and other fine particles. —

Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Jan. 2026 Many of his cases involve wives who were not only unaware of their husband’s crypto dabbling, but when the assets are finally split, can be socked with a massive tax bill from capital gains. —

Kevin Williams, CNBC, 7 Dec. 2025 The 170-grain slug socked him right between the horns. —

Bob Cary, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2025

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Captain Rajat Patidar smacked 61 off 31 balls while Tim David (40), Krunal Pandya (28 not out) and Romario Shepherd (23 not out) also played cameos to bring Bengaluru close to the target.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 May 2026
Adams, who lived in Diggs' home while working for him, walked into the Dedham police station on December 16 alleging that two weeks earlier, Diggs had smacked her across the face and choked her.

— Matt Schooley, CBS News, 4 May 2026