sock has definitions from the field of clothing
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[ noun ] (clothing) hosiery consisting of a cloth covering for the foot; worn inside the shoe; reaches to between the ankle and the knee

Used in print

(W. H. Gass, "The Pedersen Kid," in The...)

The first thing every morning when she washed her face she could see the scar on her chin where he 'd cut her with a boot cleat , and maybe she saw him heaving it again , the dirty sock popping_out as it flew .

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[ verb ] hit hard

Synonyms

whop whap bonk bash bop

Used in print

(John Dos Passos, Midcentury....)

Instead of wanting_to sock the poor bastard I found myself having a fellow-feeling for him .

Related terms

hit knock

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[ noun ] a truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast; used (e.g., at airports) to show the direction of the wind

Related terms

visual_signal

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