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What is the noun for socking?

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sock
  1. A knitted or woven covering for the foot.
  2. A shoe worn by Greco-Roman comedy actors.
  3. A color pattern (usually white) on a cat's lower leg that is different from the color pattern on the rest of the cat, thus giving it the impression of a wearing a sock.
  4. (Internet slang) A sock puppet.
  5. (firearms, informal) A gun sock.
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  7. Examples:
    1. “He delivered a powerful sock to his opponent's jaw, instantly knocking him out.”
      “Where would you look if you were missing a sock?”
socket
  1. (mechanics) An opening into which a plug or other connecting part is designed to fit (e.g. a light bulb socket).
  2. (anatomy) A hollow into a bone which a part fits, such as an eye, or another bone, in the case of a joint.
  3. (computing) One endpoint of a two-way communication link, used for interprocess communication across a network.
  4. (computing) One endpoint of a two-way named pipe on Unix and Unix-like systems, used for interprocess communication.
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  6. Examples:
    1. “The socket in the ground provided a safe haven for the seeds to take root and grow.”
      “After plugging the lamp into the nearest socket, the room was instantly illuminated.”
socklessness
  1. The state of being sockless, not wearing socks.
sockette
  1. A very short sock that does not extend above the foot.
sock
  1. A violent blow; a punch.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “He delivered a powerful sock to his opponent's jaw, instantly knocking him out.”
      “Where would you look if you were missing a sock?”
socklet
  1. (especially in plural) A very short sock
sock
  1. A ploughshare.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “He delivered a powerful sock to his opponent's jaw, instantly knocking him out.”
      “Where would you look if you were missing a sock?”
sockful
  1. As much as a sock will hold.
sock
  1. (computing) Abbreviation of socket.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “He delivered a powerful sock to his opponent's jaw, instantly knocking him out.”
      “Where would you look if you were missing a sock?”
sox
  1. (informal) plural of sock (footwear)
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  3. Examples:
    1. “He had changed his blue T-shirt to a white one and was in his boxers and sox.”
      “She slipped off her sox and shoes and made her way down the little path through the patch of trees.”
      “I'd always close my eyes then open them again to see if the intruder was there going through my sox again.”
sockmaker
  1. Someone who makes socks.
sockmakers
  1. plural of sockmaker
sockettes
  1. plural of sockette
sockfuls
  1. plural of sockful
socklets
  1. plural of socklet
sockets
  1. plural of socket
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The same goes for light switches, plug sockets, razor points and extractor fans.”
      “There were beads hanging in all the doorways and coloured light bulbs in all the lamps and sockets.”
      “She had to have reconstructive surgery at the weekend to repair a broken jaw and damage to her eye sockets.”
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