Socked vs Nocked - What's the difference?
socked | nocked |
(sock)
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
(firearms, informal) a gun sock
To hit or strike violently
To deliver a blow
A ploughshare.
(nock)
Either of the two grooves in a bow that hold the bowstring.
The notch at the rear of an arrow that fits on the bowstring.
* Chapman
(nautical) The upper fore corner of a boom sail or trysail.
To fit an arrow against the bowstring of a bow or crossbow.
To cut a nock in (usually in an arrow's base or the tips of a bow).
As verbs the difference between socked and nocked
is that socked is past tense of sock while nocked is past tense of nock.socked
English
Verb
(head)sock
English
(wikipedia sock)Etymology 1
* From (etyl) socke, sokke, sok, from (etyl) .Noun
(en-noun)- "For enemies near are enemies known though socks are a bother he feels at last not alone "
RationalWiki
Derived terms
* bobby socks * knock somebody's socks off * sock hop * sock puppetReferences
Etymology 2
* Unknown, but compare Portuguese soco ("a hit with one's hand; a punch"). (en)Verb
(en verb)- 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 * sockdolagerEtymology 3
(etyl) soc, (lena) soccus, perhaps of Celtic origin.Noun
(en noun)nocked
English
Verb
(head)Anagrams
* *nock
English
Noun
(en noun)- He took his arrow by the nock .