sock

/sɒk/ · noun

Meaning

A knitted or woven covering for the foot.
A shoe worn by Greco-Roman comedy actors.
A color pattern (usually white) on a cat's or dog's lower leg that is different from the color pattern on the rest of the animal.
(WMF jargon) A sock puppet.
A gun sock.
A violent blow; a punch.
To hit or strike violently; to deliver a blow to.
To throw.
Extremely successful.
A ploughshare.
An opening into which a plug or other connecting part is designed to fit (e.g. a light bulb socket).
A hollow into a bone which a part fits, such as an eye, or another bone, in the case of a joint.
One endpoint of a two-way communication link, used for interprocess communication across a network.
One endpoint of a two-way named pipe on Unix and Unix-like systems, used for interprocess communication.
A hollow tool for grasping and lifting tools dropped in a well-boring.
The hollow of a candlestick.

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