- a piece of clothing that is worn over the foot, ankle and lower part of the leg, especially inside a shoe
- a pair of socks
- I never wear socks.
- He had odd socks on, one red and one yellow.
Extra Examples- John sat down and took off his shoes and socks.
- Wear cotton socks indoors to protect your feet from the cold.
- The children all wore white knee socks.
- tube socks (= socks without a shaped heel)
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- knee
- knee-high
- long
- …
- pair
- pull on
- pull up
- pull off
- …
- drawer
- puppet
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- (informal) a hard hit, especially with the fist
- He gave him a sock on the jaw.
Word OriginOld English socc ‘light shoe’, of Germanic origin, from Latin soccus ‘comic actor's shoe, light low-heeled slipper’, from Greek sukkhos.
Idioms
See sock in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryblow/knock somebody’s socks off
- (informal) to surprise or impress somebody very muchTopics Feelingsc2
pull your socks up
- (British English, informal) to try to improve your performance, work, behaviour, etc.
- You're going to have to pull your socks up.
put a sock in it
- (old-fashioned, British English, informal) used to tell somebody to stop talking or making a noise
- Can't you put a sock in it? I'm trying to work.
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