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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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adj
Extremely successful.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, not-comparable, slang
Synonyms: socko
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intj
The sound of a punch or powerful blow.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A knitted or woven covering for the foot.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, clothing, fashion, lifestyle, manufacturing, textiles
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noun
Synonym of soccus, a light shoe worn by Ancient Greek and Roman comedic actors.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, uncommon
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Synonyms: Thalia, soccus
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noun
The lower leg of an animal (of an animal) that is a different color (usually white) from the color pattern on the rest of the animal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: mitten
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noun
A sleeve for a microphone to reduce noise.
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noun
Ellipsis of gun sock.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal
Topics: engineering, firearms, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry
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noun
Ellipsis of sock puppet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
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noun
Ellipsis of windsock.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal
Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
A violent blow; a punch.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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noun
A ploughshare.
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noun
Clipping of socket.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, networking, physical-sciences, sciences
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verb
To hit or strike violently; to deliver a blow to.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang, transitive
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verb
To throw.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang, transitive
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noun
hosiery consisting of a cloth covering for the foot; worn inside the shoe; reaches to between the ankle and the knee
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
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Broader terms: hosiery, hose
Narrower terms: anklet, anklets, bobbysock, bobbysocks, argyle, argyll, athletic sock, sweat sock, varsity sock, knee-high, knee-hi, tabi, tabis
noun
a truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast; used (e.g., at airports) to show the direction of the wind
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: windsock, wind sock, air sock, air-sleeve, wind sleeve, wind cone, drogue
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: visual signal
verb
hit hard
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: bop, whop, whap, bonk, bash
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hit
History
Onomatopoeic. Compare Portuguese soco (“a hit with one's hand; a punch”).
From Middle English socke, sokke, sok, from Old English socc (“sock, light shoe, slipper”), a West Germanic borrowing from Latin soccus (“a light shoe or slipper, buskin”), from Ancient Greek σύκχος (súkkhos, “a kind of shoe”), probably from Phrygian or from an Anatolian language. Beekes compares Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬑𐬀 (haxa, “sole of the foot”). Cognate with Scots sok (“sock, stocking”), West Frisian sok (“sock”), Dutch sok (“sock”), German Socke (“sock”), Danish sok, sokke (“sock”), Swedish sock, socka (“sock”), Icelandic sokkur (“sock”). Doublet of zocco; also related to zoccolo, socle, and zocalo.
From French soc.
Across languages
198 source translations are retained for this English entry.
