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Sock vs Bop - What's the difference?

sock | bop |

As verbs the difference between sock and bop

is that sock is to hit or strike violently while bop is press.

As a noun sock

is a knitted or woven covering for the foot or sock can be a ploughshare.

sock

English

(wikipedia sock)

Etymology 1

* From (etyl) socke, sokke, sok, from (etyl) .

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A knitted or woven covering for the foot
  • A shoe worn by Greco-Roman comedy actors
  • A violent blow, punch
  • A shortened version of (Internet) sock puppet
    • "For enemies near are enemies known though socks are a bother he feels at last not alone " RationalWiki
  • (firearms, informal) a gun sock
    • Derived terms
    * bobby socks * knock somebody's socks off * sock hop * sock puppet
    References

    Etymology 2

    * Unknown, but compare Portuguese soco ("a hit with one's hand; a punch"). (en)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To hit or strike violently
  • To deliver a blow
    • They may let you off the first time, but the second time they'll sock it to you. — James Jones
    Derived terms
    * sock away * sock in * sockdolager

    Etymology 3

    (etyl) soc, (lena) soccus, perhaps of Celtic origin.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A ploughshare.
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    bop

    English

    Etymology 1

    imitative of the sound made

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (onomatopoeia) A very light smack, blow or punch.

    • Verb

  • To gently or playfully strike someone or something.

    • Etymology 2

    shortened from bebop

    Noun

  • A style of improvised jazz from the 1940s.
  • A party.
  • * 2005 , Johnny Rich, Push Guide to Which University (page 472)
    • Theatres; Music House used for bands; May Ball; very popular weekly bops in JCR and MCR; library (57,000 books); 40 networked PCs, 24-hrs.
  • * 2012 , Owen Jones, Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class (page 120)
    • At universities like Oxford, middle-class students hold 'chav bops' where they dress up as this working-class caricature.

    Verb

  • To dance to this music, or indeed any sort of popular music with a strong beat.

    • Anagrams

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