socking
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɑkɪŋ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɒkɪŋ/
- Hyphenation: sock‧ing
Usage notes
This adverb is chiefly used with great; usage with other adjectives (big, huge, enormous, fat) is much more limited, and is in any case restricted to the semantic field of “big”.
Further reading
- socking at OneLook Dictionary Search
- socking in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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