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Socked vs Tocked - What's the difference?

socked | tocked |

As verbs the difference between socked and tocked

is that socked is (sock) while tocked is (tock).

socked

English

Verb

(head)
  • (sock)

    • 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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    tocked

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (tock)

    • tock

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (used in conjunction with tick) A clicking sound similar to one made by the hands of a clock.

    • Derived terms

    * tick-tock

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To produce such a sound.
  • * Roger Ladd Memmott, Sweet Sally Ann
    • The clock chimed the hour and then audibly tocked as the pendulum swung behind the glass pane of the door.
  • * 1967 , William Gray Purcell, St. Croix Trail Country: Recollections of Wisconsin
    • The old clock tocked with a wooden "cluck," and like as not a squirrel would be hopping across the oilcloth table or scrambling along the loose bark of the log wall in search of a stray gingersnap.