sock

Definition

  • noun: a piece of clothing that is worn on your foot and that covers your ankle and sometimes the lower part of your leg
  • noun: a low shoe or slipper
  • verb: to hit (someone or something) hard
  • verb: to hit, strike, or apply forcefully
  • usually plural
  • synonyms: plowshare, half hose

Examples

  • Legislators are getting ready to 'sock it to' homeowners with high property tax increases.

  • This song will 'knock your socks off'. [=you will enjoy this song very much]

  • My father had been 'socking away' money since I was a young boy.

Movie quotes

  • (..) I'm not a cop. - I ain't no cop. - Then why ask me for action? Because she sent me over. I suppose that ain't a. you got in your sock. .? No. I'm clean, man. - Shit. You're a real cowboy? - Yeah. That's nice. (..)
    1976 Taxi Driver
  • (..) - I don't have any more. - Give me the rest of the cash. - That's all I got. - Give me more. - I got no money. - Reach in your sock. You got more bread. - That's it, man. - Give me the rest of the f$cking bread. - Did you get him? - Yeah, I got him. Shit, man. (..)
    1976 Taxi Driver