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sock ~ sock

[the same pronunciation]

“Sock” (noun) is ‘a piece of clothing, always a pair, made of soft material or wool, that people wear on their feet inside their shoes’,

e.g.

Cotton socks are more comfortable than nylon socks.

There are holes in his sock.

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“Sock” (verb) is ‘to hit somebody very hard, with the closed hand (fist); to be affected by something; to tell someone to do something directly and forcefully’; as a noun, it is ‘a hard hit with a fist’,

e.g.

He socked his wife in the face.

Jerry’s father gave him a sock in the arm for being over-smart.

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