Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A short stocking reaching a point between the ankle and the knee.
- noun Meteorology A windsock.
- noun A light shoe worn by comic actors in ancient Greek and Roman plays.
- noun Comic drama; comedy.
- transitive verb To provide with socks.
- intransitive verb To hit or strike forcefully; punch.
- intransitive verb To deliver a blow.
- noun A hard blow or punch.
- idiom (sock it to (someone)) To deliver a forceful comment, reprimand, or physical blow to someone else.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To sew up.
- noun A dialectal form of
sog . - To throw; especially, to hurl or send with swiftness and violence: as, to
sock a ball. - To hit hard; pitch into: as, to
sock one in the eye. - With an impersonal it, to strike a hard blow; give a drubbing: as, sock it to him!
- noun Same as
soke . - noun A plowshare; a movable share slipped over the sole of a plow.
- noun A light shoe worn by the ancient actors of comedy; hence, comedy, in distinction from tragedy, which is symbolized by the buskin.
- noun A knitted or woven covering for the foot, shorter than a stocking; a stocking reaching but a short distance above the ankle.
- noun A sandal, wooden patten, or clog for the feet, worn by the friars called Recollets.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A plowshare.
- transitive verb Prov. or Vulgar To hurl, drive, or strike violently; -- often with
it as an object. - noun The shoe worn by actors of comedy in ancient Greece and Rome, -- used as a symbol of comedy, or of the comic drama, as distinguished from tragedy, which is symbolized by the
buskin . - noun A knit or woven covering for the foot and lower leg; a stocking with a short leg.
- noun A warm inner sole for a shoe.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
knitted orwoven covering for the foot - noun A
shoe worn by Greco-Roman comedy actors - noun A violent
blow ,punch - noun A shortened version of (
Internet )sock puppet - verb transitive To
hit orstrike violently - verb intransitive To
deliver a blow
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun hosiery consisting of a cloth covering for the foot; worn inside the shoe; reaches to between the ankle and the knee
- verb hit hard
- noun a truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast; used (e.g., at airports) to show the direction of the wind
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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I guess the real question is what one defines as a sock puppet?
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I've never meant this site or those posts to be a screed against IDI, but I have used the disparaging term sock puppets because of the lack of clarity that they've used in presenting NMRC material to reporters and the public.
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I've never meant this site or those posts to be a screed against IDI, but I have used the disparaging term sock puppets because of the lack of clarity that they've used in presenting NMRC material to reporters and the public.
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I guess the real question is what one defines as a sock puppet?
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I've never meant this site or those posts to be a screed against IDI, but I have used the disparaging term sock puppets because of the lack of clarity that they've used in presenting NMRC material to reporters and the public.
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I just finished a garter st baby sweater in sock weight, and it seemed endless, so best of luck there!
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There, now the sock is keeping me company while I finish the work.
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hernesheir commented on the word sock
A ploughshare. A very rare Celtic survival in the Yorkshire dialect, possibly reintroduced via Cumbria by Vikings who had previously settled in Ireland.
March 3, 2010
aus1750 commented on the word sock
no favorites yet, I’ll be the first
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