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Pronunciation
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:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�k|-�k

Etymology
(Verb) uncertain origin
(Noun) From OE. socc, a West Germanic borrowing from L. soccus.

Noun
en-noun|plsocks|pl2sox

1. A knitted or woven covering for the foot.
2. A shoe worn by Greco-Roman comedy actors.
3. A violent blow, punch.

Related terms
sock puppet
bobby sock
sock hop

Translations

Arabic: ARchar|ج�ارب unicode|(jawárib)
Asturian: calcetu m
Bulgarian: �о�ап (�orap) m
Chinese:
:Mandarin: zh-ts|襪�|�� (wàzi)
:Min Nan: zh-ts|襪�|�� (bo�eh-á or be�h-á)
Czech: ponožka f (ponožky p) (1);
Dutch: sok f (1)
Estonian: sokk
Finnish: sukka (1)
French: chaussette f (1), socque m (2)
German: Socke f
Greek: κάλ��α (káltsa) f, �ε�ι��διο (peripódio) n
Hebrew: �ר� (gerev) f
Hungarian: zokni
Icelandic: sokkur m
Ido: kalzeto
mid
Italian: calza f, calzino m
Japanese: �� (����, kutsushita), ���� (sokkusu)
Korean: �� (yangmal)
Kurdish: KUchar|گ�ر����
Latvian: zeÄ·e f|s (1)
Maltese: kalzetta f, peduna f
Norwegian: sokk m
Polish: skarpeta f, skarpetka f
Portuguese: meia f
Russian: но�ок|но�<u>о</u>к m (nosók) (1); �да�|�д<u>а</u>� m (udár) (3) нока��|нок<u>а</u>�� m, (nokáut) (3)
Slovak: ponožka f (ponožky p) (1); úder m, náraz m (3)
Slovene: nogavica f
Spanish: calcetín m italbrac|Chile|Guatemala|Mexico|Nicaragua|Spain, media f italbrac|Cuba|South America except Chile
Swedish: socka
Tagalog: medyas

Verb
en-verb

1. pos vt To hit or strike violently.
2. pos vi To deliver a blow.

#: They may let you off the first time, but the second time they'll sock it to you&mdash;James Jones

Derived terms
sock away
sock in

Translations

Bulgarian: нока��и�ам v (nokautiram)
Finnish: iskeä (1)
Slovak: udrieť, naraziť, raziť
Russian: в�еза��|в�<u>е</u>за�� v perf (vrezat'); �да�и��|�д<u>а</u>�и�� v perf (udarit')

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• 2007-12-07 20:27 - VolkovBot - robot Adding: [[ast:sock]], [[fr:sock]]

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