1. Hosiery consisting of a cloth covering for the foot; worn inside the shoe; reaches to between the ankle and the knee
   "He put on a pair of warm wool socks before heading out into the cold"
    
2. A truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast; used (e.g., at airports) to show the direction of the wind
   "Pilots checked the wind sock before takeoff";
   - windsock, wind sock, air sock, air-sleeve, wind sleeve, wind cone, drogue
    
3. [informal] A vigorous blow
   "The boxer delivered a sock to his opponent's jaw";
   - knock, bash [informal], bang, smash, belt [informal]

1. Hit hard
   "The teacher sockd the boy";
   - bop [informal], whop [informal], whap [N. Amer, informal], bonk [informal], bash [informal], clonk [informal], boink [N. Amer, informal], whack [informal], wham [informal], wallop [informal], lamp [UK, informal], clock [UK, informal], belt [informal]

Derived forms: socks, socking, socked

Type of: blow, bump, hit, hose [Brit], hosiery [Brit, Cdn], visual signal

Encyclopedia: Sock, Eric