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- [soks]
- /sɒks/
- /sɒks/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [soks]
- /sɒks/
Definitions of sox word
- noun sox a hard blow. 1
- noun sox a very successful show, performance, actor, etc.: The show was a sock. 1
- noun plural sox a short stocking usually reaching to the calf or just above the ankle. 1
- noun plural sox a lightweight shoe worn by ancient Greek and Roman comic actors. 1
- noun plural sox comic writing for the theater; comedy or comic drama. Compare buskin (def 4). 1
- noun plural sox Furniture. a raised vertical area of a club or pad foot. 1
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Origin of sox
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English socke, Old English socc ≪ Latin soccus slipper
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Sox
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
sox popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 73% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
sox usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerTop questions with sox
- how many world series have the red sox won?
- what is sox?
- what is the boston red sox record?
- when do the white sox play?
- who won the boston red sox game?
- what is the score of the red sox game?
- when do the red sox play again?
- who won the white sox game today?
- who won the sox game?
- what time are the red sox on today?
- how many world series do the red sox have?
- when did the white sox win the world series?
- what time is the red sox game today?
- how did the red sox do last night?
- what time do the red sox play today?