sock² /sok/ (dialect and slang)

1. To thrust hard
2. To strike hard
3. To drub, thrash

A violent blow, esp with the fist

sockˈō adjective (US and theatre slang)

1. Excellent, successful, knockout
2. Having an impact, full of energy

socks plural noun

A beating, esp in the phrase give someone socks

• give someone best
• give someone five
• give someone gyp
• give someone hell
• give someone her due
• give someone her head
• give someone his due
• give someone his head
• give someone his kale through the reek
• give someone laldie
• give someone rope
• give someone stick
• give someone the bird
• give someone the bum's rush
• give someone the come-on
• give someone the finger
• give someone the lie
• give someone the lie in her throat
• give someone the lie in his throat
• give someone the pip
• give someone the slip
• give someone the works
• give something a miss
• give something a whirl
• give something up as a bad job