socknoun
uk/sɒk/us/sɑːk/sock noun (CLOTHES)
A2 [ C ] a piece of clothing made from soft material that covers your foot and the lower part of your leg:
a pair of socks
nylon/woollen/cotton socks
thermal socks
ankle/knee socks
Put on your shoes and socks.
The little boy was wearing odd socks (= socks of different colours).
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Stockings, tights & socks
- ankle sock
- anklet
- garter
- garter belt
- hold up
- hose
- hosiery
- nylon
- pantyhose
- pop sock
- stocking
- suspender
- suspender belt
- tights
sock noun (HIT)
[ C usually singular ] old-fashioned slang a powerful hit:
a sock on the jaw
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Baseball & rounders
- backstop
- ball
- ballgame
- base hit
- batter
- batting average
- bunt
- catcher
- curveball
- double
- glove
- grounder
- groundout
- home run
- infielder
- peg
- pitcher
- screwball
- stuff
- the World Series
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Idiom(s)
blow/knock your socks off
put a sock in it!
sockverb [ T ]
uk/sɒk/us/sɑːk/old-fashioned slang to hit someone with your fist (= closed hand):
He socked the policeman on the jaw/in the eye.
US in baseball, to hit a ball very powerfully
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Hitting and beating
- a bunch of fives idiom
- a rap on/over the knuckles idiom
- at-risk
- bang up sb/sth
- bashing
- conk
- deck
- hell
- kick
- knock
- knock sb's block off idiom
- lay
- lay sb out
- licking
- mess sb up
- pound
- pummel
- put the boot in idiom
- swing
- thump
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Baseball & rounders
Idiom(s)
get socked with sth
Phrasal verb(s)
sock sth away
sock sth/sb in (with sb)