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sock
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /s?k/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /s?k/
- Rhymes: -?k
Etymology 1
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 ?????? (súkkhos, “a kind of shoe”), probably from Phrygian or from an Anatolian language. 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”).
Noun
sock (plural socks or (informal, nonstandard) sox)
- A knitted or woven covering for the foot.
- A shoe worn by Greco-Roman comedy actors.
- A cat's or dog's lower leg that is a different color (usually white) from the color pattern on the rest of the animal.
- Synonym: mitten
- (Wiktionary and WMF jargon) A sock puppet.
- (firearms, informal) A gun sock.
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? French: socquette
- ? Portuguese: soquete
- Japanese: ???? (sokkusu) < socks
- Swahili: soksi < socks (plural)
Translations
Etymology 2
Unknown, but compare Portuguese soco ("a hit with one's hand; a punch").This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Alternative forms
- (W. Eng. dial.): zock
Adjective
sock (not comparable)
- (slang, dated) Extremely successful.
- 1960, Billboard magazine reviewer
- Sock performance on a catchy rhythm ditty with infectious tempo.
- 1960, Billboard magazine reviewer
Synonyms
- socko
Noun
sock (plural socks)
- (slang) A violent blow; a punch.
Verb
sock (third-person singular simple present socks, present participle socking, simple past and past participle socked)
- (slang, transitive) To hit or strike violently; to deliver a blow to.
- 1951, J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Chapter 13:
- What you should be is not yellow at all. If you're supposed to sock somebody in the jaw, and you sort of feel like doing it, you should do it.
- 1951, James Jones, From Here to Eternity, Book Four:
- They may let you off the first time because you're new maybe. But the second time they'll sock it to you, give you a couple of days in the Hole, then throw you in Number Two.
- 1951, J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Chapter 13:
- (slang, transitive) To throw.
Derived terms
- sock away
- sock in
- sockdolager
Translations
Etymology 3
From French soc, from Late Latin soccus, perhaps of Celtic origin.
Noun
sock (plural socks)
- A ploughshare.
- D. Brewster, The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia
- In Wexford, the beam is shorter than in any of the other counties, and the sock in general is of cast iron.
- D. Brewster, The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia
Etymology 4
From socket.
Noun
sock (plural socks)
- (computing, networking) Abbreviation of socket.
Swedish
Noun
sock c
- sock
Declension
See also
- socka
- strumpa
References
- sock in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
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bootee
English
Alternative forms
- bootie
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?bu?ti/
- Homophone: booty
Noun
bootee (plural bootees)
- A soft, woolen shoe, usually knitted, for a baby or small pet.
- A thick sock worn under a wetsuit.
- An overshoe or sock worn to cover dirty shoes or feet.
Translations
Spanish
Verb
bootee
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of bootear.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of bootear.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of bootear.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of bootear.
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