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socks

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/sÉ’ks/ English

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noun

  1. A knitted or woven covering for the foot.
  2. A shoe worn by Greco-Roman comedy actors.
  3. 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.
  4. (WMF jargon) A sock puppet.

noun

  1. A violent blow; a punch.

verb

  1. To hit or strike violently; to deliver a blow to.
  2. To throw.

noun

  1. A ploughshare.

noun

  1. An opening into which a plug or other connecting part is designed to fit (e.g. a light bulb socket).
  2. A hollow into a bone which a part fits, such as an eye, or another bone, in the case of a joint.
  3. One endpoint of a two-way communication link, used for interprocess communication across a network.
  4. One endpoint of a two-way named pipe on Unix and Unix-like systems, used for interprocess communication.

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