1. n. (pl. socks or or informal & Commerce sox)
1. a short knitted covering for the foot, usu. not reaching the knee.
2 a removable inner sole put into a shoe for warmth etc.
3 an ancient Greek or Roman comic actor's light shoe.
4 comic drama.
Phrases and idioms:
pull one's socks up Brit. colloq. make an effort to improve. put a sock in it Brit. sl. be quiet.
Etymology: OE socc f. L soccus comic actor's shoe, light low-heeled slipper, f. Gk sukkhos 2. v. & n. colloq.
--v.tr. hit (esp. a person) forcefully.
--n.
1. a hard blow.
2 US the power to deliver a blow.
Phrases and idioms:
sock it to attack or address (a person) vigorously.
Etymology: c.1700 (cant): orig. unkn.