SOCK

sock

(noun) hosiery consisting of a cloth covering for the foot; worn inside the shoe; reaches to between the ankle and the knee

windsock, wind sock, sock, air sock, air-sleeve, wind sleeve, wind cone, drogue

(noun) a truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast; used (e.g., at airports) to show the direction of the wind

sock, bop, whop, whap, bonk, bash

(verb) hit hard

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

Noun

sock (plural socks or sox)

A knitted or woven covering for the foot.

A shoe worn by Greco-Roman comedy actors.

A color pattern (usually white) on a cat's or dog's lower leg that is different from the color pattern on the rest of the animal.

Synonym: mitten

(WMF jargon) A sock puppet.

(firearms, informal) A gun sock.

Etymology 2

Adjective

sock (not comparable)

(slang, dated) Extremely successful.

Synonyms

• socko

Noun

sock (plural socks)

(slang) A violent blow; a punch.

Verb

sock (third-person singular simple present socks, present participle socking, simple past and past participle socked)

(slang, transitive) To hit or strike violently; to deliver a blow to.

(slang, transitive) To throw.

Etymology 3

Noun

sock (plural socks)

A ploughshare.

• D. Brewster, The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia

Etymology 4

Noun

sock (plural socks)

(computing, networking) Abbreviation of socket.

Source: Wiktionary

Sock, n. Etym: [F. soc, LL. soccus, perhaps of Celtic origin.]

Definition: A plowshare. Edin. Encyc.

Sock, n. Etym: [OE. sock, AS. socc, fr. L. soccus a kind of low- heeled, light shoe. Cf. Sucket.]

1. The shoe worn by actors of comedy in ancient Greece and Rome, -- used as a sumbol of comedy, of the comic drams, as distinguished from tragedy, which is symbolized by the buskin. Great Fletcher never treads in buskin here, Nor greater Jonson dares in socks appear. Dryden.

2. A knit or woven covering for the foot and lower leg; a stocking with a short leg.

3. A warm inner sole for a shoe. Simmonds.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition