Sock | Mean of sock in English Dictionary
/ˈsɑːk/
- Noun
- a piece of clothing that is worn on your foot and that covers your ankle and sometimes the lower part of your leg
- a white cotton sock
- a pair of socks
- wool/ankle/athletic socks
- to affect or impress you in a very strong and favorable way
- This song will knock your socks off. [=you will enjoy this song very much]
- a hard hit with the fist
- She gave him a sock in the jaw/stomach.
- Verb
- to hit (someone or something) hard
- He socked [=punched] him in the eye/nose/jaw.
- (baseball) He socked a home run over the left-field wall.
- The city was socked by a blizzard.
- He socked us with a huge lawsuit.
- to save (something, such as money) by putting it in a safe place
- My father had been socking away money since I was a young boy.
- affected by bad weather conditions that prevent people from leaving
- The whole metro region is socked in with snow.
- The airport was socked in by fog.
- to do or say something to (someone) in a strong and forceful way
- He really socked it to her.
- Legislators are getting ready to sock it to homeowners with high property tax increases.