Tock vs Sock - What's the difference?
tock | sock |
(used in conjunction with tick) A clicking sound similar to one made by the hands of a clock.
To produce such a sound.
* Roger Ladd Memmott, Sweet Sally Ann
* 1967 , William Gray Purcell, St. Croix Trail Country: Recollections of Wisconsin
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.
As nouns the difference between tock and sock
is that tock is (used in conjunction with tick) a clicking sound similar to one made by the hands of a clock while sock is a knitted or woven covering for the foot or sock can be a ploughshare.As verbs the difference between tock and sock
is that tock is to produce such a sound while sock is to hit or strike violently.tock
English
Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* tick-tockVerb
(en verb)- The clock chimed the hour and then audibly tocked as the pendulum swung behind the glass pane of the door.
- 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.
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