Sock
[sɒk] or [sɑk]
Definition
(noun.) hosiery consisting of a cloth covering for the foot; worn inside the shoe; reaches to between the ankle and the knee.
(verb.) hit hard.
Inputed by Hodge--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A plowshare.
(n.) The shoe worn by actors of comedy in ancient Greece and Rome, -- used as a symbol of comedy, or of the comic drama, as distinguished from tragedy, which is symbolized by the buskin.
(n.) A knit or woven covering for the foot and lower leg; a stocking with a short leg.
(n.) A warm inner sole for a shoe.
Inputed by Allen
Definition
n. a kind of half-stocking: comedy originally a low-heeled light shoe worn by actors of comedy.
n. a ploughshare.
v.t. (prov. and slang) to throw: to strike hard to give a drubbing.
Edited by Erna
Examples
- He didn't seem at all ashamed of it, for when I explained and hurried on, he waved his hand, sock and all, saying in his loud, cheerful way. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- It flew open, and there he stood in his dressing gown, with a big blue sock on one hand and a darning needle in the other. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- And Jo shook the blue army sock till the needles rattled like castanets, and her ball bounded across the room. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Mr. Jackson looked down his leg to the unwrinkled sock that joined it to a glossy pump. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- I had been sitting near this door, finishing off the last sock, and trying to understand what he said to a new scholar, who is as stupid as I am. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Hunt me a pair of socks, Maria. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I must remember to buy some more shirts and socks. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The crowd was breathless, and the girl took down a box and drew out three pairs of baby socks. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He wore silk socks, and studs of fine workmanship, and silk underclothing, and silk braces. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Thy socks should be washed and dried. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The girl found the pair of socks, closed the sack, locked it and brought them over with the key. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- His boots, his socks, his hat, and his watch--all were there. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
Edited by Jeanne