Standard Lemma guide

stocking

name · noun · verb · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈstɑkɪŋ/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈstɒkɪŋ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɒkɪŋ
  • homophone: stalking (cot–caught merger)
  • CMU ARPABET: S T AA1 K IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A soft garment, usually knit or woven, worn on the foot and lower leg under shoes or other footwear.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: footwear

Examples

  • a pair of stockings

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Ellipsis of Christmas stocking; a large, sock-like bag used to store small Christmas gifts, typically hung on a mantelpiece.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A broad ring of a different fur colour on the lower part of the leg of a quadruped.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A knitted hood of cotton thread which is eventually converted by a special process into an incandescent mantle for gas lighting.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A ratio of the actual density of trees in an area to the ideal density that would make the fullest use of the land.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: business, forestry

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

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7

verb

Meaning 7

present participle and gerund of stock

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

Examples

  • I've almost finished stocking these groceries.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

the activity of supplying a stock of something

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he supervised the stocking of the stream with trout

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: provision, supply, supplying

9

noun

Meaning 9

close-fitting hosiery to cover the foot and leg; come in matched pairs (usually used in the plural)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: hosiery, hose

Narrower terms: boothose, Christmas stocking, knee-high, knee-hi, nylons, nylon stocking, rayons, rayon stocking, silk stocking, support hose, support stocking

History

Etymology

From stock (“cover with material”) + -ing. Corruption of old plural -en, i.e. stocken, now singular.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- Proto-Germanic *stikanąder. Proto-Germanic *stukkaz Proto-West Germanic *stokk Old English stocc Middle English stok English stock English -ing English stocking From stock + -ing.

Across languages

Translations

94 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: çorape — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Albanian: çorap — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Southern Altai: ук (uk) — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Southern Altai: чулук (čuluk) — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Arabic: جَوْرَب (jawrab) — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Armenian: գուլպա (gulpa) — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Azerbaijani: corab — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Bashkir: ойоҡ (oyoq) — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Basque: galtzerdi — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Belarusian: панчо́ха (pančóxa) — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Bengali: মোজা (mōja) — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Bulgarian: чора́п (čoráp) — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Bulgarian: дъ́лъг чора́п (dǎ́lǎg čoráp) — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Burmese: မော်ဇာ (mauja) — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Burmese: ခြေအိတ် (hkreit) — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Catalan: mitja — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Catalan: calça — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Chinese Mandarin: 長筒襪 /长筒袜 (chángtǒngwà) — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Chinese Mandarin: 長統襪 /长统袜 (chángtǒngwà) — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Chinese Mandarin: 長襪 /长袜 (chángwà) — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Czech: punčocha — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Danish: strømpe — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Dutch: kous — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Esperanto: ŝtrumpo — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Estonian: sukk — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Finnish: sukka — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • French: bas — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Georgian: წინდა (c̣inda) — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • German: Strumpf — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Greek: κάλτσα (káltsa) — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Hindi: मोज़ा (mozā) — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Hungarian: harisnya — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Ido: kalzo — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Indonesian: stoking — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Indonesian: setoking — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Ingrian: sukka — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Interlingua: calcea — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Irish: stoca — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Italian: calza — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Italian: calze di nylon — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Japanese: ストッキング (sutokkingu) — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Kashubian: sztrimpa — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Kazakh: шұлық (şūlyq) — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Khmer: ស្រោមជើង (sraom cəəng) — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Korean: 스타킹 (seutaking) — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Korean: 스토킹 (seutoking) — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Northern Kurdish: gore — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Kyrgyz: байпак (baypak) — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Kyrgyz: чулки (culki) — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Lao: ຖົງເທົ້າຍາວ (thong th wa) — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Lao: ຖົງຕີນ (thong tīn) — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Latin: tībiāle — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Latvian: zeķe — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Lithuanian: kojinė — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Luxembourgish: Strëmp — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Luxembourgish: Hues — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Macedonian: чо́рап (čórap) — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Malay: stokin — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Maltese: peduna — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Māori: tōkena — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Mongolian: урт оймс (urt ojms) — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Mongolian: оймс (ojms) — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Nanai: доктон (dokton) — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Navajo: yistłé áłtʼą́ą́ʼí — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Norman: cauche — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Norwegian Bokmål: strømpe — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Dari: جُورَاب (jūrāb) — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Iranian Persian: جوراب (jurâb) — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Polish: pończocha — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Portuguese: meia — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Romanian: ciorap — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Romanian: șosetă — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Russian: чуло́к (čulók) — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Scottish Gaelic: stocainn — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Scottish Gaelic: osan — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Serbo-Croatian: ча̀рапа — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Serbo-Croatian: čàrapa — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Slovak: pančucha — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Slovene: nogavica — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Spanish: media — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Swedish: strumpa — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Tajik: ҷӯроб (jürob) — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Taos: mę́dianą — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Thai: ถุงน่อง (tǔng-nɔ̂ng) — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Turkish: çorap — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Ottoman Turkish: چوراب (çorab) — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Turkmen: jorap — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Ukrainian: панчо́ха (pančóxa) — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Urdu: موزَہ (moza) — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Uyghur: پايپاق (paypaq) — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Uyghur: ئۇزۇن پايپاق (uzun paypaq) — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Uzbek: paypoq — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Vietnamese: vớ — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
  • Zazaki: gêrwe — garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)
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