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   Sock

   /säk/

   

   noun

   • 1. a garment for the foot and lower part of the leg, typically knitted from wool, cotton, or nylon.
   • ▪ a removable inner sole placed inside a shoe or boot for added warmth or to improve the fit.
   • ▪ a white marking on the lower part of a horse's leg, not extending as far as the knee or hock: "a Welsh pony mare, black with four white socks"
   • 2. a hard blow: informal "a sock on the jaw"
   • ▪ force or emphasis: US "we have enough speed and sock in our lineup to score runs"

   verb

   • 1. hit forcefully: informal "Jess socked his father across the face"

   Word Origin Old Englishsocc ‘light shoe’, of Germanic origin, from Latin soccus ‘comic actor's shoe, light low-heeled slipper’, from Greek sukkhos.

   Scrabble Points: 10

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