{
    "term": "sock",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "image": "data/images/cl/clothes_misc.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a piece of clothing that is worn over the foot, ankle and lower part of the leg, especially inside a shoe",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **pair of socks**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I never **wear socks**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He had odd socks on, one red and one yellow."
                },
                {
                    "text": "John sat down and took off his shoes and socks."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Wear cotton socks indoors to protect your feet from the cold."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The children all wore white knee socks."
                },
                {
                    "text": "tube socks (= socks without a shaped heel)"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Clothes and Fashion"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["knee", "knee-high", "long"],
                "… of socks": ["pair"],
                "verb + sock": ["pull on", "pull up", "pull off"],
                "sock + noun": ["drawer", "puppet"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a hard hit, especially with the fist",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He gave him a sock on the jaw."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to surprise or impress somebody very much",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Feelings"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to try to improve your performance, work, behaviour, etc.",
            "labels": "(British English, informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You're going to have to pull your socks up."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to tell somebody to stop talking or making a noise",
            "labels": "(old-fashioned, British English, informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Can't you put a sock in it? I'm trying to work."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/sɒk/",
                "audio": "so/sock/sock__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/sɑːk/",
                "audio": "so/sock/sock__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English socc ‘light shoe’, of Germanic origin, from Latin soccus ‘comic actor's shoe, light low-heeled slipper’, from Greek sukkhos."
}