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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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jab
English
Etymology
Originally a Scottish (unclear if Scots or Scottish English) form of English job (“peck, poke, thrust”), from Middle English jobben.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d?æb/
- Rhymes: -æb
Noun
jab (plural jabs)
- A quick stab or blow; a poking or thrusting motion.
- 1952, Bernard Malamud, The Natural, Chapter 9,
- He tore in for the ball, make a running jab for it and held it.
- 1952, Bernard Malamud, The Natural, Chapter 9,
- (boxing) A short straight punch.
- (Britain) A medical hypodermic injection (vaccination or inoculation)
- Our dog was exposed to rabies, so the whole family went to a clinic to get our jabs.
- (Britain, Australia) A vaccination, whether or not delivered via conventional injection.
- (US, figuratively) A mild verbal insult.
Derived terms
- jabby
Translations
Verb
jab (third-person singular simple present jabs, present participle jabbing, simple past and past participle jabbed)
- To poke or thrust abruptly, or to make such a motion.
- To deliver a quick punch.
- (slang, Britain) To give someone an injection
Translations
References
Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “jab”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Irish
Etymology
Borrowed from English job.
Noun
jab m (genitive singular jab, nominative plural jabanna)
- job, piece of work
- post, employment
Declension
Derived terms
- jabaire m (“(cattle-)jobber”)
References
- "jab" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English jab.
Noun
jab m (invariable)
- jab (boxing punch)
Spanish
Noun
jab m (plural jabs)
- (boxing) jab
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