Collins English-English Dictionary

sock [sɒk]

1. 1. n a cloth covering for the foot, reaching to between the ankle and knee and worn inside a shoe

2. 2. n an insole put in a shoe, as to make it fit better

3. 3. n a light shoe worn by actors in ancient Greek and Roman comedy, sometimes taken to allude to comic drama in general (as in the phrase sock and buskin) - See buskin

4. 4. n another name for windsock

5. 5. vt. [tr] to provide with socks

6. 6. vt. [Etymology] Old English socc a light shoe, from Latin soccus, from Greek sukkhos

sock [sɒk]

1. 1. vb [slang] [usually tr] to hit with force

2. 2. n a forceful blow

3. 3. n [Etymology] C17: of obscure origin