socked
past simple and past participle ofsock
sock
verb[T]
uk/sɒk/us/sɑːk/old-fashionedslang
tohitsomeone withyourfist(=closedhand):
He socked thepolicemanonthejaw/intheeye.
US
inbaseball, tohitaballverypowerfully
Hitting and beating
- at-risk
- bangsomeoneup
- basher
- bashing
- battered
- brain
- bunch
- butt
- head-butt
- hell
- kick
- knock
- knocksomeone'sblock offidiom
- mess
- swing
- tansomeone'shideidiom
- tar
- wallop
- whop
- whup
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Baseball & rounders
Idiom
get socked withsomething
Phrasal verbs
socksomethingaway
socksomething/someonein (with sb)
Examplesofsocked
socked
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
But on this occasion his body shield turned round and "socked" him one, and it served him right.
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It sees itself getting into this jam and does not know whether it will besockedwith an enormous fine.
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They had money and a few shrewd peoplesockedit away.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
And we have "socked" our taxpayers.
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A geotextile acting as a filter and separator issockedaround the core.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Beds are frequently drained withsockedtile in addition to the perimeter ditch.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.I wished he hadsockedhim.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Clinesockeda triple to lead off the inning.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Mary is hauled off to the station; and, someone getssockedin the jaw.
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