sock: Meaning and Definition of

sock

1. a short stocking usually reaching to the calf or just above the ankle.
2. a lightweight shoe worn by ancient Greek and Roman comic actors.
3. comic writing for the theater; comedy or comic drama. Cf.(def. 4).
4. a raised vertical area of a club or pad foot.
5. See(def. 20).

sock

1. to strike or hit hard.
2. to put into savings or reserve.
3. to close or ground because of adverse weather conditions: The airport was socked in.

1. a hard blow.
2. a very successful show, performance, actor, etc.: The show was a sock.

1. extremely successful: a sock performance.