different between socking vs shocking

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?s?k??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s?k??/
• Hyphenation: sock?ing

Verb

socking

1. present participle of sock

Adverb

socking (not comparable)

1. (Britain) very, extremely

Usage notes

This adverb is chiefly used with great; usage with other adjectives (big, huge, enormous, fat) is much more limited, and is in any case restricted to the semantic field of “big”.

Further reading

• socking at OneLook Dictionary Search
• socking in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???k??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /???k??/
• Rhymes: -?k??

Adjective

shocking (comparative more shocking, superlative most shocking)

1. Inspiring shock; startling.
2. Unusually obscene or lewd.
3. (colloquial) Extremely bad.

   What a shocking calamity!

Synonyms

See Thesaurus:surprising

Translations

Verb

shocking

1. present participle of shock

Noun

shocking (plural shockings)

1. The application of an electric shock.

Anagrams

• Hockings, chokings