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

  • (..) he's been... different. He doesn't listen. He has the attention span of a sparrow. I take him fishing and he goes hunting for trolls! Trolls exist. They steal your socks. But only the left ones. What's with that? - When I was a boy... - Here we go. ...my father told me to bang (..)
    2010 How to Train Your Dragon