Meaning of Sock | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A violent blow; a punch.
   slang
2. A ploughshare.
3. Clipping of socket.
   abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
4. A knitted or woven covering for the foot.
5. Synonym of soccus, a light shoe worn by Ancient Greek and Roman comedic actors.
   historical, uncommon
6. The lower leg of an animal (of an animal) that is a different color (usually white) from the color pattern on the rest of the animal.
7. A sleeve for a microphone to reduce noise.
8. Ellipsis of gun sock.
   abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal
9. Ellipsis of sock puppet.
   Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
10. Ellipsis of windsock.
    abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal

Equivalents

Examples

“Turns out a sock is a soft cylindrical cover that goes over the mic. The sock sat forlornly on the table. It looked lonely. It reminded me of me. Aaron told me I punctuated my ps too much — I'm too punchy — and that I needed to soften how I spoke. He told me to put the sock' on the mic.”

“At 1331:58, UA Flight 757 reported that it was ready for takeoff on runway 35R. However, at 1332:05, 7 seconds later, it reported, "Ah, this is seven fifty seven, our sock sitting in front of us gives us a pretty good tail wind so we're not ready to go yet." The controller asked the flight to advise him when conditions were better.”

“‘Say, does that sock in the jaw hurt any more? It was a dinger.’”

“In the county of Wexford, where the beam was much shorter[…] the sock in general is of cast iron.”

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