Definition of "sock" []

• A short stocking reaching a point between the ankle and the knee. (noun)
• Meteorology A windsock. (noun)
• A light shoe worn by comic actors in ancient Greek and Roman plays. (noun)
• Comic drama; comedy: "He . . . knew all niceties of the sock and buskin” ( Byron). (noun)
• To provide with socks. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "I've never meant this site or those posts to be a screed against IDI, but I have used the disparaging term sock puppets because of the lack of clarity that they've used in presenting NMRC material to reporters and the public."
• "I guess the real question is what one defines as a sock puppet?"
• "Any move to add an Orioles player with any kind of sock is a wise one."